Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?

Blood is not destiny.

The more you read about and immerse in a culture, the more it comes alive, and the more textured and nuanced and detailed and unstereotypable it becomes.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.