Like is an emotion. Emotions”—he raised a hand, made a fist, clenched it tightly—“are like holding water. You open your hand, there’s nothing there. Better to be a weapon than a woman.

Valhalla on the right. Paradise regained on the left. Stuck between a Godiva truffle and a chocolate eclair. Between a rock and a very hard place. Two very hard places from the looks of it.

I'm sorry your pretty little world got all screwed up, but everybody's does, and you go on. It's how you go on that defines you.

Oh, drop the act, Tinkerbell, and get rid of my problem. Then we’ll talk.

That part of his body was simply uncontrollable, apparently functioning in accordance to a single law of nature: She existed--he got a hard-on.

There should be a vaccine against Adam Black. And all women should be given it at birth.

Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything.

Life's a choice: you can live in black and white, or you can live in colour. I'll take every shade of the rainbow and the gazillion in between!

It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all.

Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us what we are.

The most confused we ever get is when we're trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is a lie.

I have given my word that only death will take me from you.

Enjoy with a care

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

I wouldn't want the federal government dictating how I use my cameras, every community has their own issues and their own dynamics.

You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.

Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

He spoke in telegram-as if every word he used cost five bucks, and he only had a twenty in his wallet.

-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself? -Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.