“ Disappointment is part of parenthood, Jasper. The trick is learnin' to love your kids even when they disappoint you. Barry Lyga
“ You and your scars. Please! You don't kill youself like this!" I gesture, holding a wrist turned up to the ceiling, then pretending to cut across it with my other hand. "That's just a cry for help. Th… Barry Lyga
“ They sent spies", Gramma went on, her voice a hush, "and they look like one man, but they can split into two, then four, and so on. I've seen it before. During the war. It's a Communist trick and they… Barry Lyga
“ How do I know that what I see as blue and what you see as blue are the same thing? Answer: We don't. We take it on faith. Barry Lyga
“ For his part, Jazz knew he was handsome. It had nothing to do with looking in the mirror, which he rarely did. It had everything to do with the way the girls at school looked at him, the way they beca… Barry Lyga
“ Women always cried. It was their last, best weapon. It made boyfriends apologize and husbands fold them in their arms. It made Daddy spend the extra money on the prom dress. Barry Lyga
“ Psychologist: "This, ah, is a new sort of, ah, psychopathology that we're only now beginning to, ah, understand. These, ah, super-serial killers have no, ah, 'type' but, ah, rather consider everyone t… Barry Lyga
“ You think you're gonna find your soul. Ever since I've known you, you've been thinkin' that someday you're gonna crack and end up like your daddy. And you're been looking for proof that you won't. Wha… Barry Lyga
“ A river of images and thoughts and feelings, dirtied and polluted so that no one could drink from it without gagging. Barry Lyga
“ I don't know and I don't care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it.I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to… Barry Lyga
“ Not according to this," Jazz said, taking the report. "No evidence of sexual activity or anything like it.""Well, there's that," Howie said, sounding relieved. Jazz wondered at that - was it really so… Barry Lyga
“ When you feel like things are out of control, you take control.Yeah, that's what you do. Take control.So, yeah.Oh, yeah. Barry Lyga
“ Anger was a waste of time and energy. Anger was useless."Anger" was the label given to the emotion that accomplished nothing. Barry Lyga
“ Howie: "What if the whole thing was just an accident?"Jazz: "And what? Accidentally cut off three fingers postmortem? 'Oops, oh no, my girlfriend just died! Clumsy me, in trying to perform CPR, I chop… Barry Lyga
“ See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event -- it's a process. Forgiveness happens while you're asleep, while you're dreaming, while you're inline at the coffee shop, while you're s… Barry Lyga
