It never pays to walk blindly. Especially not in your own castle where familiarity hides so much - even when we have the eyes to see.

When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.

Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it

It's an irony of our times that men seeking peace must make war.

Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.

And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he wants so that the hurting will stop. And when there is no torturer to placate, no hooded man with hot irons and tongs, just a burn you can't escape, we bargain with God, or ourselves, depending on the size of our egos.

Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction.