“He can hit a man in the liver so the blood flow stops. It takes a full second before the pain registers and the man falls. I've seen Billy hook men's livers and punch at their hearts. I've seen him… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“She takes another sip of her drink. She looks around the bar. I look at the fine muscles in her neck, at the two… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“We play phone tag, back and forth, the kind of tag where it's clear we're avoiding each other, where no one wants to be… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“The digging continues ... Ground Zero it looks more and more like a construction site. Too much of the horror is gone. No fire. No smoke ... What was war becomes peace, becomes peaceful. But in the coil of my testicles there's an angry residue and in places I can't even name, places inside my throat and behind my chest,… — Adam Berlin Copy Share
“And I'd noticed her eyes, the lightest blue, and alive, moving here and there and then staring straight on. And now there's darkness under… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing, Billy says.” — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“She can look at you and make you feel like you’re the only one in the world. Even if it’s not true, she can… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“Let's take a walk. You can show me some of your memories and I'll show you some of mine.” — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“He can hit a man in the liver so the blood flow stops. It takes a full second before the pain registers and the… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“He wanted to break me, the me I'd made, the me I'd needed to make, my need, mine, my whole life since I could… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“I try to remember everything, every thing, but sometimes I forget something. I don’t even know what it is sometimes, but I know it’s… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“Her grief has not so much changed her as stripped her down, stripped her body and her face.” — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
“I turn the water all the way hot, turn my back to the water, and I take it. I close my eyes and I'm… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
