We all die. It's just a question of when and how horrible it's going to be.

My whole life had been an uninterrupted act of loving him.

There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.

When you do something because you're angry, you almost always do the wrong thing.

Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner: do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times and drive the person nuts. But you never ask: are you really mad at me? Are you sure you’re angry? When someone is angry, you don’t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive.

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.

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