It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it?

[The Void Which Binds] actual but unaccessible presence in our universe is one of the prime causes for our species elaborating myth and religion, for our stubborn, blind belief in extrasensory powers, in telepathy and precognition, in demons and demigods and resurrection and reincarnation and ghosts and messiahs and so many other categories of almost-but-not-quite satisfying bullshit.

...they didn’t think there was anything very odd in anyone being a little odd.

Dr. Hicks had a mission and her mission was to make sure all victims of sexual violence had the best medical care possible.

In those moments it's hard to remember that an angry voice is an invisible thing incapable of drawing blood.

This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.