And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot." She raised her hand. "Don't." "It was awesome," George confirmed. "It really was," Jack said. "His head exploded.

Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak.

Black hair, angelic face, and devil eyes.

Strawberry Shortcake called, she wants her outfit back

First rule of bodyguard detail: know where your 'body' is at all times.

If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.

The decorator of Las Colimas must have been a great admirer of both early Aztec and late Taco Bell architectural styles.

I'm welding the bimbo room shut.

She can tell you the height of the attacker from the trigonometry of the blood spatter, while I'm fuzzy on what trigonometry is.

I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me." "Always happy to oblige.

Your headlights don't scare me.

Look up, greet sparks of fire with salted eyes, For he’s a burning atmospheric sigh:One blaze of liquid flame on midnight sky, Soft orbital decay, and last goodbye.

It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

I always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it is to be a composer who conducts rather than the other way around.

My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").

It's not like I'm cooking! I'm breastfeeding - I feel like that's the best cooking I could do.

Acheron. When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight.

Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.

Happiness lies in the absorption in some vocation which satisfies the soul.