Most people lived their lives like criminals: act first, worry about the consequences later.

there were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives

Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.

I have seldom been described as shy.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

...there are people who added goodness to the world and people who lived to destroy it.

There was no pretention here, no hidden meanings in the phrases they spoke, no elaborate plans designed to impress the other. Though it had always been easy to spend time with Mike, she suddenly realized that in the whirlwind of the past couple of weeks, she'd almost forgot how much she enjoyed it.