a consuming passion

A train without the power plant is just a bunch of metal boxes on wheels.

A black doctor using his skills to save a dying 'KKK member on the operating table' somehow is the same as some cheap whore lawyer doing a deal with an internationally convicted criminal organisation, saying Yeah, no wucking furries, I'll have your money, spends good to me !

Frank crawled into the bed with Cyd, his eyes puffy, no more tears in him to cry anymore. Cyd stared at the painted portrait of Mercades that she painted on her first birthday. Frank put him arm around her and rubbed his face into her arm.