I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

I smiled at him, as Doyle squeezed my hand and I squeezed back. "Some people are addicted to falling in love, Doctor. Some people love that rush of new emotions, and when that first rush of new love is spent, they move on to the next, thinking the love wasn't real. What I felt in her, and potentially in you, is the love of years. Love that knows that that first rush of freshness isn't the real thing. It's the tip of the iceberg.

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.

No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.

A crowd is an elemental thing. A word, a glance, and a crowd becomes a mob.

The rule is that if they have a weapon and want to take you someplace else, it is so they can kill you slower--Peter

You did not bring down two of the royal guard in an unceremonious heap because the woman in the middle tripped.