Nearly everyone underestimates how powerful the touch of another person's hand can be. The need to be touched is something so primal, so fundamentally a part of our existence as human beings that its true impact upon us can be difficult to put into words. That power doesn't necessarily have anything to do with sex, either. From the time we are infants, we learn to associate the touch of a human hand with safety, with comfort, with love.
Jim ButcherJust remember that you're on my list, Marcone. Soon as I get done with all the other evils in this town, you won't be the lesser of them anymore." Marcone stared at me with half-lidded eyes and said, "Eek.
Jim ButcherWhen you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you've done with your life? Feel ashamed of what your life meant?
Jim ButcherBigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.
Jim Butcher