You awful hard to kill, Anita.' 'There's a first time, Luther, and that's all it takes.

There's Only so much emotional super glue in a person's soul, that everything just stays broken.

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

Now that's an Okay that really means Okay, not that Okay that women use that means everything but Okay.

Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they’re real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster.' - Chang Bibi to Anita

I had been downright paranoid all afternoon, aware of everyone near me. By the time I went for the car, my neck and shoulders were knotted into one painful ache. The most frightening thing I'd seen all afternoon had been the prices on the designer clothing.

He had this old southern idea of what a lady should be. A lady should not carry a gun and spend most of her time covered in blood and corpses. I had two words for that attitude. Yeah, those are the words.