Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, Kill it. Squish it.

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.

She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door

My foster mother always laughed and said it was his reputation for knowing everything that allowed for him to appear infallible: all he had to do was walk through the room and see who looked guiltiest when they saw him. Maybe she was right, but I tried looking innocent the next time, and it didn't work.

Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.