Quotation

“… men might see that they themselves are beasts,” the old preacher said. “For that which befalleth the sons of man befalleth beasts; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; all are of the dust and all turn to dust again.” === … capybaras do not count as meat during Lent since the Vatican ruled the rodent is a fish. === “So is this encampment, Cari, this system. It is a machine. You have a good and inventive mind, Cari. Don’t let them cozen you. Don’t limit your personal life to just the minutes you can steal in the woods with someone. Use your wings for yourself.” Cari recognized this sort of talk as the most forbidden kind of subversion. === Cari Mora pulled on some sweats and got her baseball bat from under the bed. Her phone and her knife and her bear repellent spray were in her pockets. === Antonio was twenty-seven, fit in his pool service T-shirt.