I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.

Its far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.

It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all up.

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.

If you're afraid of something, face it. Fear is irrational. The only way to conquer your fear is to stand next to it.

I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.

Writers generally get into writing because they want to write, not because they want to be independent publishers, and you can't really fault someone for saying, 'What I'm doing right now works, so there's no reason to change it.'