Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us.

Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty

Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life.

I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

I feel like a fox in a henhouse full of Catholic girls.

No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a choice in the next second to be different.

No, officer, I have no idea why I'm wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad." -Nastasya