No such thing as a hard woman, Memphis,just soft men. With that, I turned, and the others followed me.

Compromise is an imperfect act.

Zerbrowski said, "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." It took me a second to realize that he had just quoted Star Wars to me. It made me smile, and in that moment I loved him, just for that.

Hesitation will get you killed.

I looked up at Ellen and her not-glowing pentagram. "Harm none is the rule, Ellen: bad witch, no cookie.

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself

I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name.