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“All sins are murder, even as all life is war. I behold your race, like starving mariners on a raft, plucking crusts out of the hands of famine and feeding on each other’s lives. I follow sins beyond the moment of their acting; I find in all that the last consequence is death; and to my eyes, the pretty maid who thwarts her mother with such taking graces on a question of a ball, drips no less visibly with human gore than a murderer.”

“Most consumers believe that because prices in these industries are state regulated they are protected from the “evils of capitalism.” It is just the opposite, but both the regulators and the companies regulated have powerful incentives to nourish that misbelief. [...] Some people delude themselves into thinking they can manage markets better than market forces can. They try it, but it’s not sustainable. That made me realize that many of the basic things we believed about economics were wrong.”

“Then Joe felt Titus unbutton his jeans. His heart skidded to a stop and then started again. Twisting, he slumped to the ground, dragging Titus with him. Ramona had warned him not to let Titus do anything to him there. But it felt so good, he sprawled back with his eyes closed. Sweat broke out on him everywhere. The sun was so hot for that time of year. A current of fire raced from his brain down his backbone. Then he felt evil and empty, but relaxed”