I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

Better safe than exsanguinated.

Could a man's heart, his soul, perish and yet leave him walking and talking as if alive?

Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal.

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love.

My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.