She says that what you did was a cry for help." "It was," I say. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

I help people achieve their dreams.

You must resist negative thoughts, negative criticism and negative influences.

But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the nonexistent horizon, and his empire is an intangible one, for his domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit.

I am against the death penalty.

He was in uniform, gun at his hip, expression dialed to Dirty Harry, and just looking at him had something pinging low in Chloe’s belly.

I do not allow others to influence my thinking unless it is positive or uplifting.

God first seeks devotion to Him in the hidden place–worship when no one else is watching.

You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after them and rooting them out.

I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.