“the disinhibition caused by said brain damage, can also spur the infected individual to seek the pleasure of compulsive, casual sexual activity”

“Rachel hadn’t invented the dangers of toxoplasmosis; she’d gone online and built an airtight case. This wasn’t crazy talk. Neurobiologists had linked T. gondii to suicide and the onset of schizophrenia. All caused by exposure to cat poop. Some studies even suggested that the toxo brain parasites chemically coerced people to adopt more cats. Those crazy cat ladies were actually being controlled by an infection of single-cell invaders.”

“The damaged love the damaged.”

“The damaged loves the damaged.”

“The damaged love the damaged. True fact.”

“The demon say’s “Do you view sexual acts between individuals of the same gender to be an abomination?”…“Do you approve,” the demon says, “of marriage between individuals of differing racial backgrounds?”The demon continues without hesitation, asking, “Should the Zionist state of Israel be allowed to exist?”Question after question, I’m stumped. Even fingers crossed. The paradox: Is God a racist, homophobic, anti-semantic ass? Or is God testing to see if I am?”

“And if I do fall asleep, Marla has to keep track of Tyler. Where he goes. What he does. So maybe during the day, I can rush around and undo the damage.”