Pain is the only reward for clinging to impossible dreams." (Harry Braxton)
She'd stood by that creed. No softness, because the world wasn't soft; lots of laughter, because if you were in on the joke, the joke couldn't be on you; And no wanting what you couldn't take, because the world never gave. Or so she'd thought.
Charm is getting people to say "yes" without ever having to ask them a question.
The lower your decolletage, the less the need for conversation.
You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.
No one ever fell in love gracefully.