He was distracted by a brief surge of adrenaline as he remembered the girl’s blood-soaked body. Flesh separated and puckered, he had left her in such a manner that her sacrification would be remembered. The recollection aroused him. Death and sensuality combined to create a unique vision of purity and abhorrence. Though he had experienced doubts since beginning, he knew the mission he had been tasked with was necessary. It had given him a purity of purpose. These women needed to be punished, all in her name. And yet he felt guilt. Not enough to consume him, but enough to have it niggling away in the back of his mind like a parasite infecting his very soul. May God forgive me for the deeds I committed on Kelly, no heart no heart.
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DAVID CASSIDY If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your ... DAVID CASSIDY Anybody who carries the albatross of that teen-idol thing - well, people tend to look and say: '... DAVID CASSIDY I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series. DAVID CASSIDY I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk. DAVID CASSIDY Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they we... DAVID CASSIDY I hitched up to Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love, you know? And I was very much politically alig... DAVID CASSIDY Contrary to public opinion and the image people have of me, I grew up in a very lower-middle-class, ... DAVID CASSIDY It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on televis... DAVID CASSIDY Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits. DAVID CASSIDY I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for... DAVID CASSIDY I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did. DAVID CASSIDY Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence. DAVID CASSIDY My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts. DAVID CASSIDY The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general. DAVID CASSIDY It's amazing what happens to your body as you get a little older. DAVID CASSIDY I didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took bi... DAVID CASSIDY Nobody likes to be rejected, you know? DAVID CASSIDY I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.' DAVID CASSIDY I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view. DAVID CASSIDY I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this worl... DAVID CASSIDY You cannot make a teenage idol. DAVID CASSIDY It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone? DAVID CASSIDY Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream. DAVID CASSIDY I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and perfo... DAVID CASSIDY If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was i... DAVID CASSIDY I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on ... DAVID CASSIDY I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and ... DAVID CASSIDY I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat und... DAVID CASSIDY I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds. DAVID CASSIDY All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger... DAVID BOWIE I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am. DAVID CASSIDY We are too occupied with celebrity. Believe me, it's not what it's cracked to be. DAVID CASSIDY All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and ... DAVID CASSIDY Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.' DAVID CASSIDY My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recolle... DAVID CASSIDY Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen o... DAVID CASSIDY My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience. DAVID CASSIDY I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't workin... DAVID CASSIDY