“ Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength. ”
After puberty, you look to one sex for more than friendship and to the other for less-than-complete intimacy.
~ Rafael Yglesias
Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.
Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.
There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.