He kissed her, and it felt like every cell in her body shifted polarity just to draw them closer together.  She was falling hard and it scared her. 

The words sputtered with her sobs. “The windows of the car were splattered with his blood. I remember thinking. . .thinking that it was almost black. It didn’t look like blood at all. More like some twisted Rorschach test.”

                                            -Alison Right

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“May God cleanse this sickness from your soul.”

                                         

You have to trust the system if you’re going to enforce the law.” Scott rubbed his face. “You can’t pick and choose which laws you’ll enforce and who you’ll excuse.” 

              -Scott Hutchinson

God’s work. He used to think it was an odd phrase to describe him, but Roger was beginning to understand that he was God’s finest work. Like a Picasso, with everything shifted away from the conventional sense of beauty, but revealing a more complicated level of truth. 

Quotes from Forgotten Son

“Don’t be sad. We all share this fabric of life—angels and misfits, vibrant and dispirited. But you, you get to be a Chosen One, hand-picked by God as my canvas.”

                                  

“You boys like nicknames, don’t you? So why don’t you call me . . . something that’ll describe our future relationship. How about Geppetto? Like the grand puppeteer of your existence, because I’ll be pulling your strings from here on out.”

-Derrick Morris

She twisted the wedding band on her finger. She had no right to feel that way. Her pain was too fresh. She didn’t deserve a second chance at love.

Novelist

"What about the price I paid, or have you forgotten? Because I still have the scars from being your son." His finger rested on the scar above his right eye. "Do you remember giving me this one?"  He opened his hand and shoved it in his father's face, exposing the pink curved lines that stretched across his palm like a rainbow. "Or maybe these? Or were you too goddamned drunk to know what you were doing?"

- Scott Hutchinson

Jason was tempted to reach over and rest his hand on his son's shoulder to pull him in closer, but he knew he'd be disappointed. Alex would either take a step away or be unaware that he was being touched. And at that moment, Jason was content to have his son back in his life, let alone by his side. He held his sign a few inches higher as a car drove by. A child in the backseat waved, and Jason wondered if the little girl could see Alex too. There was so much he didn't understand about his son's existence.

"You can’t get past pain until you experience the pain. You relish it because you know it’s followed by a tide of relief.”

                                       -Angie May

“You can’t run from your blood, little brother.” He took the knot in his brother’s tie and slid it tight. “This noose you wear isn’t going to change it, not even that shiny badge. Your bad blood is going to catch up with you no matter how you dress it up with a respectful job or pretty wife.” 

- Billy Hutchinson

“If you’re looking for your moment of redemption, buddy, it’s now.  Do you understand that? If you don’t tell me who this guy is, you’re as much responsible for killing his next victim as he is.”

                                   ​-Scott Hutchinson

“No one’s going to fire you for skinny-dipping on your honeymoon. You’re the golden boy, baby. They might even applaud, especially if they get a peek at that body of yours.” She whistled before lifting the only piece of clothing she wore over her head. “Chicken.”


- Alison Hutchinson

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 Quotes from Angels and Misfits


“And what do I have to offer him? I’m just not sure my heart is alive and kicking anymore.”

                                      - Alison Right