You stupid cow!” He laughed at her behind those icicle eyes. “You really think anyone is better than you? Everyone’s a thief, woman! Waiting for the next terrible thing to do to get ahead of their neighbor. Forty of us around a table weren’t enough to convince you of that?

~ Devon Trevarrow Flaherty

Devon Trevarrow Flaherty Guilt Humanity Sin

He dropped the tavern apron in a heap on the floor and pulled the freshly laundered one up and over his head, tied it with slightly tremoring fingers. The vast whiteness felt like absolution.

~ Devon Trevarrow Flaherty

Devon Trevarrow Flaherty Guilt