She's in love, and that makes her strong. She'll need to be." "What makes you strong, Mia?" "Purpose. Love never worked for me.

it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself first and last." -adrianne "It should have also taught you that sometimes love has no threshold." -philip

If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

"Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?" Eve kept her lips tight together and she curved them up. "You know they've got teeth in there. Big, sharp, shiny teeth." "I didn't. But now I've got to worry about it."

It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.

You know, lieutenant, you wear your weapon the way other women wear pearls." "It's not a fashion accessory.