Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

Give it to 'em!" Take 'em down!" First Aleran!" Kick their furry--" Assault formation!

Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.

I love watching him think," Maeve told Lily. "You can almost hear that poor little hamster running and running on its wheel.

Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect myself. Smoking is self-destructive. Drinking is self-destructive. Losing your temper and yelling at people is wrong. Lying is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Stealing is wrong. But people do that stuff all the time. Soon as I figure out how to be a perfect human being, then I'm qualified to go lecture other people about how they live their lives.

Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs.

Murphy nodded, frowning at the road ahead of her. "The reason treachery is so reveiled," she said in a careful tone of voice, "is because it usually comes from someone you didn't think could possibly do such a thing.