Thief of Time

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If children were weapons, Jason would have been banned by international treaty. Jason had doting parents and an attention span of minus several seconds, except when it came to inventive cruelty to small furry animals, when he could be quite patient. Jason kicked, punched, bit, and spat. (Location 961)
It was hard to deal with people when a tiny part of you saw them as a temporary collection of atoms that would not be around in another few decades. (Location 1136)