Whereas Jo Berry's rapprochement with Magee was a more gradual, deliberate process based on a quest to understand as much as she could about the Northern Ireland conflict, the decision of Thomas to forgive his would-be assassin and their later friendship stemmed from his deep Christian faith.
Ballard's heroes often find an excuse for their wayward quests in their deliberate choice of perverse role models, the most perverse of whom is Crash's car‑smash aficionado Vaughan.
This deliberate engagement with the distributed and uncertain quest for responsible innovation requires both ethical and strategic judgment.
On Monday, after deliberating for less than half an hour, a Bronx jury vindicated Edward Garry's twenty-three-year quest to clear his name, finding him not guilty of the 1995 murder of a retired police detective named Oswald Potter.
Taylor captures their quests for identity in pitch-perfect dialogue and lengthy meditative passages; his elegant plotting feels at once deliberate and improvised.
The impression is deliberate.
