“If only he didn't believe he was Shamu's distant cousin. It was such a shame for someone so sublime to be certifiable.”
“We’re distant cousins. He’s my first cousin, but he’s 5,000 miles away. And he doesn’t talk much.”
“Hey there, Lissa Daniels," he said. He raised his Coke. "Would you like to say hello to your distant cousin, Jack?”
“For Silas, Lichport was only a name, like that of a distant cousin or a dead relative he’d never met. Familiar but abstract.”
“A man cannot own a woman, cousin. He can only... He can only love her.”
“Darkness coiled between what he wanted them to believe and the self he despised. It only made him more alone. How could you save someone when he didn't let you kno him? What a waste. The beauty he murdered in this place. He could never see what he had, only what he failed to achieve.”