How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Sometimes when you have a gun in your hand it starts to do your thinking for you. I knew what she meant. Sometimes when I was holding a gun it was like the gun wanted to kill people, not me. Never me. (21.11)
We couldn't have said it better ourselves, Steph. Shorty thinks about her wise words and grasps that she's right. Sometimes it's not about whether he wants to kill someone but the fact that he has a gun in his hand, waiting to be used. That might sound like a cop-out, but it seems he actually believes it.