Nothing woke up a man as quickly in the morning as a scorpion in his pants.

No matter what her father wanted, no way was Clara going to partner up with Light Walker. He'd suggested a tarantula for a snack, for heaven's sake. The were never, ever, ever going to work together.

She had the soft presence of a fish hook in the eye.

Ah, you're warming up to me. You know what comes next." "Bitter disappointment?" she deadpanned.

Where did you grow up?" He wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Who says I've grown up?

What anger wants, it buys at the price of soul.

I can't find the words." She stared daggers at him. "Don't hurt yourself trying.

You're not horribly terrible." He shook his head at her. "You say the nicest things." He held her gaze for a moment. "You're not trying to get into my pants, are you?

His voice still had the rasp of desire as he asked, "If I disappear, will you come and find me?

I hope we'll be friends." His grin was pure sin.... She stuck with the truth. "I hope we won't be enemies.

She wasn't entirely sure if she was being rescued or kidnapped.

All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop.She's realized the real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.

The seething rage that accompanies the truly despondent, effaces the delusional that mock from the safety of their shared illusion.

I won't eat anything green.

Young people should be helped, sheltered, ignored, and clubbed of necessary.

For 41 years I have gone with a very natural hair "look" that was originally popularized by coconuts.

A lot of girls who turn into something remarkable start off as irrepressible, confident and a handful.

Voices and faces aren't manifestations of good or bad.

Life death all does end and each day dies with sleep.

I am an alcoholic, as I said. And it is however we call it, a disease. That's an explanation, but not an excuse.

I'm sure Obama is an atheist, I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.