It was stealing her breath, imbecile. Go get a towel." -Christophe, Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

most of us, as we undergo the growing up process, do not get what we want or even what we should. We get what we have, and no more, and we find out how to make what we have work for us.

The only one," he murmured. His chin dipped a little bit. "You know that, Dru? You're the only person who's ever believed in me. You know what that'll do to a guy?" What?"I-" "It makes him want to live up to it.

The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face.

I just . . . knew, the way you know how to breathe or to pull your hand back from a hot stove.

Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help there from genetics, too.

What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure.