The Burning Soul

Stalkers like watching their victims squirm. Even Internet stalkers, who may be geographically separated from their victims, get pleasure from the reaction they provoke, the anger, the desperation and, ultimately, the pleading

Part of the pleasure in tormenting an individual in the way that Haight was being goaded lies in isolating him, particularly when there is the potential for blackmail

It was said of Tommy that he hated his own, which is always the sign of a man who secretly hates himself.

sentimentality is the bank-holiday of cynicism.”

You didn’t give everything away; if you did, you would have nothing left. There