I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.

The late hour is such a friend; it has been for so many years. There is not a soul around as I carry Riley downstairs and dump him in my trunk. It is good, for I am not in the mood to kill again, and murder, for me, is very much tied to my mood, like making love. Even when it is necessary.

But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to remember me.

One does not beg for a glass of water from the devil.