They say when you take revenge against another you lose your innocence.

Weakness derives from the soul. Most everyone has one, which gives a woman like me leverage. Leverage to play people to my liking, and so I do.

So revenge is obviously a deeply messed-up expression of vindictiveness. It is hard to even call it "evil." It is just plain insanity. A result of deeply messed-up thinking.

You're not really moving on when you jump from someone who broke your heart to a new replacement. Moving on is self reflection and being strong enough to stand on your own.

If Levi were a dog, he'd be a golden retriever. If he were a game, he'd be a Ping-Pong, incessant and bouncing and light.

My job is to make myself available to play to the best of my ability. Mentally, I've got to stay ready to play every day.

And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.

Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement?

Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.

We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire.

A HUMAN ELEMENT is an elegant and haunting first novel. Unrelenting, devious but full of heart. Highly recommended.

You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.