I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.

There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.

Pansy," Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. "You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.

My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.

Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser, sometimes. Sometimes it leaves you stronger. Either way, pain leaves its mark, and everything important that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one degree or another.