How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!

I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.

Heaven might shine bright, but so do flames.

That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.

...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.

It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries.