The fallacy of your personal bias is inherent in your choice of words. - Ian Tregillis

Sometimes the contortions required to spit on Occam’s razor were just as disturbing as the insights one yearned to avoid.

“Sergeant,” she said as they mounted the stairs leading to her old apartments, “thank you for treating me like a human being. And, for what it’s worth, I am sorry about how this turned out.”
He grunted. “It can’t be undone,” was all he said.

We’ve drawn attention to ourselves with our obsessive need to stay inconspicuous.