“Our questions, which began politely, were politely ignored.”

“We can all live with doubts. It's the knowing that breaks us.Iron House”

“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.”

“Then she turned for the great mouth of a door, and by the time it inhaled her, she was a much older woman.”

“I'm sixty-nine years old, and I have no plans to run for reelection. Do you think I give a damn?”

“Disgust was an organ in Hunt's gut. The more he thought about it, the more it churned.”

“She turned the water scalding hot and scrubbed her face until it hurt, but the eyes still looked wrong. She tore off her clothes and stepped into the shower; but it was not enough.The dirt was on the inside.”