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.

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.

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.

The nurse knocked softly on the door of the examining room and wheeled in a shiny silver tray displaying neatly arranged instruments of torture.

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

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

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.