She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.

...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.

You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals.

There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.

There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.

I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.