"Her lack of interest might have been interpreted as a lack of caring, but it was only a side effect of permanent exhaustion."

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““You're an idiot,” Lucy said. “Just ’cause you don’t understand them don’t mean they’re out to get you.”

“Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.”

“He’s not the first man I'd like to kill down here, but I was willing to work him onto the list.”

“You're a smart boy. Or if you're not, you ought to be.”

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