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“I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.”

Ned Beaumont gets beaten half to death and just keeps going. Most people would quit. He stays loyal to a friend who might not even deserve it.

Paul Madvig runs the whole city but acts like a kid around Janet Henry. Power doesn't make you smart about love. It usually makes you more vulnerable.

“The key was of glass and it shattered.”

The glass key dream is pure dread. You open the door to help someone and everything shatters. Some help only makes things worse.

Politics in this town is just a series of favors and threats. Nobody is actually voting for ideas. They are voting for the guy who can keep them out of jail.