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> [“The orderly is nearing the end of his rounds. I can hear his footsteps echoing in the hall and his ragged breathing. He’s a big man. I can smell his sweat. He’s checking on the inmate next door. It’ll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/the-orderly-is-nearing-the-end-of-his-rounds-i-can-hear-his-footsteps/)

[Nancy A. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-a-collins/)

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## More by Nancy A. Collins

> [My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Self-confidence was a powerful beauty-potion; I looked better because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/my-after-forty-face-felt-far-more-comfortable-than-anything-i-lived/)

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> [Sleep: the stepchild of Death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/sleep-the-stepchild-of-death/)

[Nancy A. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-a-collins/)

> [“I said I don’t want it in the house, is that clear?’ She turned and left. Discussion closed. I knew better than to argue.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/i-said-i-don-t-want-it-in-the-house-is-that-clear-she-turned-and-left/)

[Nancy A. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-a-collins/)

> [“But I can tell you the reason for me being so youthful-looking for a man a century and a half old. I’m not exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/but-i-can-tell-you-the-reason-for-me-being-so-youthful-looking-for-a/)

[Nancy A. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-a-collins/)

> [“... you cannot shake hands with the Devil and not get sulphur on your sleeve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/you-cannot-shake-hands-with-the-devil-and-not-get-sulphur-on-your/)

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> [“Moon. Big white moon. White as milk moon. You’re all I can see from my window, here in the dark. Your light falls silver…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/moon-big-white-moon-white-as-milk-moon-you-re-all-i-can-see-from-my/)

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> [“She knew that the only love her demon was capable of was self-destructive, cruel, vampiric, parasitic, and all the other words her best friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/she-knew-that-the-only-love-her-demon-was-capable-of-was-self/)

[Nancy A. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-a-collins/)

> [“The orderly is nearing the end of his rounds. I can hear his footsteps echoing in the hall and his ragged breathing. He’s a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/the-orderly-is-nearing-the-end-of-his-rounds-i-can-hear-his-footsteps/)

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> [“That’s when his job got tough. Since that night, his shift had yet to go by without one of the inmates waking up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/that-s-when-his-job-got-tough-since-that-night-his-shift-had-yet-to/)

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> [“Time snapped and Hagerty found himself speeding toward the woman in the straitjacket. Grabbing her by the shoulders, he pulled her off the corpse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/time-snapped-and-hagerty-found-himself-speeding-toward-the-woman-in/)

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> [“How pathetic. Minor-league monsters strutting and performing in their private Grand Guignols. How fucking lame. You want fear? You want terror? You want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/how-pathetic-minor-league-monsters-strutting-and-performing-in-their/)

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> [“Things had gone badly at Hell House, although not quite as horribly as the '31 investigation. At least this time there were survivors, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/things-had-gone-badly-at-hell-house-although-not-quite-as-horribly-as/)

[Nancy A. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-a-collins/)

> [My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/my-after-forty-face-felt-far-more-comfortable-than-anything-i-lived-2/)

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> [If it doesn't make you sweat, it's not worth it. If it's not hard to get, why go for it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-a-collins/if-it-doesn-t-make-you-sweat-it-s-not-worth-it-if-it-s-not-hard-to/)

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