It is never persuasive to argue that you are not the kind of person who does what you are actually doing.
It's an apathy so absolute that it's like a hole you might fall in.
So many stories are determined before they start.
Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.
Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.
...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or attachments to sever; who worry what you think of them. You can really only punish people who are already a little bit good.