It was impossible to get the Dimitri and Tasha thing out of my head, but at least packing and getting ready made sure I didn't devote 100 percent of my brain power to him. More like 95 percent.

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.

It was one thing to accept I couldn't have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.

Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.

Wow. What'd he do to deserve that? Rescue orphans from a burning building? If so, you might want to make sure he didn't set the building on fire in the first place.

This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.

He'd barely seen me coming, and despite the horribleness of what I'd just done, I kind of wished one of my instructors had been there to grade me on such an awesome performance.

Good God. Men everywhere.

In the real world, you can make your own miracles

The rage that had expolded inside me diffused. I didn't know where it had come from. I had a short temper and often acted impulsively, but this had been intense and ugly even for me. Weird.

Develop the winning edge

You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.

I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

The way I write is that, every time I reintroduced a character, I'd have to face some kind of inner demon.

It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.

Most volcanologists die in bed.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.