Lots of people think things would be better some other way. That's why the world's lousy with theme parks.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

I'd suggest putting your head between your knees, but I think that's physically impossible for you at the moment.

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion.

"It doesn't matter how long it takes." She thought of him, of them, the lifetime already shared. "It's how long it lasts."

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild side there, always. I told myself, oh no, I won't get tangled up with this one. And I said it again, even when I was tangled up.