Quote by Stephan Morse

“They didn’t want to kill me. They wanted to hurt me. And they were good at it.”

— Jim Butcher

“Play with murder enough and it gets you one of two ways. It makes you sick, or you get to like it.”

— Dashiell Hammett

“I just liked being around you, even if we didn’t say anything.”

— Matthew Quick

“I was so fired up to protect myself from you playin’ games with my heart, I played yours.”

— Kristen Ashley

“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This is your time. Now get out there and take it.”

— Herb Brooks

“Maybe not having me around was actually making him a better person. Wow. Now that was a depressing thought.”

— Karen Lynch

“...if I was going to play this game and love it, it had to love me back.”

— Amy Lane

“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own drama, I forget I'm not the only one in the play.”

— Peter V. Brett

“I could never get excited about games you play with other people. I can't get into them. I lose interest.”

— Haruki Murakami

“I no longer felt I could try to belong with these people.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“Do you know what I don't understand about that ball game? I don't understand why I wanted to kill you.”

— Chaim Potok