“It was worse--knowing he knew the difference between kindness and cruelty and chose the baser of the two.”
“Before Elle had come into his life, he didn't even know what tea was. Now it was a staple. Worse, he actually knew the differences in teas.”
“A half truth is much worse than a whole lie because it makes it even harder to tell the difference between the two.”
“The only thing worse than cruelty is delegated cruelty.”
“If he chose, he could help this girl, but what was the point of saving one little whore? It would make no difference to that vast, endless, tragic horde of broken children.But as Jenny stared at him with great stark eyes, he knew that it would make a difference to her.”
“But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.”