Sarcasm was a weapon for children.

Or that I couldn't stand to watch anything bad happen to you, because it was like it was happening to me too. Is that love?

It was better that we never apologized to each other. Then we'd be admitting that we were wrong and we owed each other something. That's where people got into trouble.

But you can’t live your life worried about dying all the time. If you do, you’re dead already.

No. I just don't want to be a detective. They figure out what happened after the fact, when it's too late. I want to prevent it from happening.

Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.

Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels.