When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you.

People talk of sorrow as if it is soft, a thing of water and tears. But true sorrow is not soft. True sorrow is a thing of fire, and rock. It burns your heart, crushes your soul under the weight of mountains. It destroys, and even if you keep breathing, keep going, you die.

True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

I didn't want to understand. Bert had been thrilled that the police wanted to put me on retainer. He told me I would gain valuable experience working with the police. All I had gained so far was a wider variety of nightmares.

Since you won't give me your names I'll call you Thing One and Thing Two.