“I couldn't understand; cheating was the one thing I'd told her all those years ago would be unforgivable. She knew, she said, but that was part of what had been confusing her, that I would even have told her that, as if she weren't an actual human being with the freedom to act, but some character in a scenario in my head. There was a quality I had of making the people closest to me feel lonely, somehow. Some essential cold withholding at the core of myself.” RelationshipsColdCheatingCity On FireGarth Risk HallbergUltimatumReality Vs Expectations Book:City on Fire Source: City on Fire
“As if it were possible for one person to care about another and still treat him or her like this.” RelationshipsCity On FireGarth Risk HallbergMistreated Book:City on Fire Source: City on Fire
“One day, he and William had been speeding toward each other; the next, careening away. But why?” RelationshipsBreakupCity On FireGarth Risk Book:City on Fire Source: City on Fire