So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane.

What was the point, I had to wonder, of fighting so hard to learn to protect my life if I was destroying it in the process?

No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose.

It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win.

That was, in fact, my life. A whole series of reasonable lies.

So it turns out that late-night flashes of brilliance often look a little less brilliant in the bright light of morning.

Pretending to feel something you don't can often lead you to the real thing, in some form.

...talent is evenly distributed. You never know how many talented people are out there until you invite and inspire them to be creative.

Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her.

. . . breathing slowly and rubbing his palm against his chest as if to soothe his heart.

The strangest of our powersIs the courage to liveKnowing that we will die, Knowing nothing more

I don't ever want to get old. Spare me that. Have you the power? No, even you don't have the power, alas.

All governments are corrupt and only thing that varies between them is the level of corruption.

I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.

Cooking can be rewarding when it is a choice and no longer the onerous duty of the housewife, and when a dishwasher can lighten the load at the other end of the process.

Remain a witness to your emotions as if from a great distance an eagles eye view

Amelia Earhart, who said, Stop looking for me; see if you can find my luggage! Never got a dinner!