“Donnelley was lifting his shirt away from the torn flesh in his side. He was cranked around, trying to assess the damage in the muck-spotted mirror. To Vero, he looked like an expressionist painting in which all the objects were… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Xander could sense more than David's smile. He wished he could be more like that, easygoing. But then, David hadn't seen what Xander had… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“You clobber Death when he's breathing in your ear and see how you feel about the club.” — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't have to work too hard to get it. — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Little boy and little girl.I don't know how old. Sweetest family in the world, of you listen to the old folks around here." Xander… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Live to fight another day was an expression that did not take nto account the loved one who would die because you didn't continue… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Death does not simply end life. It steals away the sunsets you’ll never see, the children you’ll ever hold, the wife you’ll never love.… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“David!" Xander yelled, because he had to yell something. His eyes snapped back to the figure in the upstairs doorway, but it was gone.… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Hope is a merciless tormentor. It's the sound of trickling water to parched lips. The prospect of love to the unlovable. A miracle cure… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“He loved his job, which allowed time to do it without comparing his performance to others'. He loved the economics of death: hastening a… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
