Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.

Don't think she can breathe over there, chief." drawled Shaun. "Pretty sure she hasn't kicked the oxygen habit yet.

Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end.

Don't start. My mood stays better if you don't start.

You are covered in blood," Tybalt said again, stressing the words harder this time. "It makes me tense." There was a thud as the guard hit the floor, and Tybalt returned to my side. "Wow. You must be tense a lot." He sighed. "You have no idea.

Never steal another reporter's story; never take the last of another reporter's ammo; never mess with another reporter's computer. Those are the rules, unless you work for a tabloid, where they replace "never" with "always".

Whoever authorized the evolution of the spiders of Australia should be summarily dragged out into the street and shot.