Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win.

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.

Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.

Marry Gentry Swallowing Darkness (Laurell K. Hamilton):Pick any fairy tale that’s based on older stories, and the heroine of the piece has a miserable, dangerous, nightmarish time of it.

My boyfriends are all more romantic than I am, and so are my lovers.

Is this a private fight, or can anyone join?

I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.