Do you know how to tell who the enemy is, Cassie?
How oft do they rescue or ruin us, through whimsy or design or a combination of both, the adults to whom we entrust our care!
If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.
The monstrous act by definition demands a monster.
Just because a man is a homicidal maniac doesn't make him wrong.