“Everything that happens everywhere else happens on Staten Island, too, but here people try not to see the indecencies, the domestic violence, the drug use. And then, having denied what's right in front of their eyes, they tell themselves that at least they're living in a good place full of good people.”
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“Evil endured. She knew it did, and Xavier was wholly evil.”
“The choice to focus on the good is itself a way to defy the evil.”
“It’s not the thing itself, but how you use it.”
“Men are evil and they deserve to be unhappy.”
“Satan is in love with all humans and it’s our job to reject that love.”