That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

My life is not just about the past.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

I became known as Lily Casey, the mustang-breaking, poker-playing, horse-race-winning schoolmarm of Coconino County, and it wasn't half bad to be in place where no one had a problem with a woman having a moniker like that.

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.