You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.

Living in your dreams meant bitter disappointment when you woke up.

If you come back to me, I'll never leave you", I whispered into the furry ear. "I'll make you all the pies you could ever eat.

Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.

Yep, Atlanta was burning. Again.

Peope, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It's easy to be a cog in a machine: you don't have to think, you have no responsibility. You're just following orders, doing as you're told.

Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free.