What do you do with a textbook case when no one's written the textbook?

Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.

You are so obtuse!" Brontë says, exasperated. I am calm in my response. "Do you mean stupid, or angular? You need to be more specific with your insults.

Tranq'd by your own gun,"Lev says."How pathetic.

You can't change laws without first changing human nature.' -Nurse Greta You can't change human nature without first changing the law.' -Nurse Yvonne

One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.

Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one of the strongest pacts in the world. Just ask all those people who were still drinking champagne while the Titanic went down.