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374 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
”He’s full of himself, isn’t he? Killing and claiming credit like a fucking terrorist.”
“It’s like that,” I said. “Like a terrorist.”
“They all start with a cause,” he said, “and it’s noble or it’s not, and along the way it fades and grows dim. For they fall in love with what they’re doing, and why they’re doing it scarcely matters.” He looked off into the distance. “it’s a terrible thing,” he said, “when a man develops a taste for killing.
“You have a taste for it.”
“I have found joy in it,” he allowed. “it’s like drink, you know. It stirs the blood and quickens the heart. Before you know it you’re dancing."