My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.

Mine, ... Mine is what she is.

I think I’ll just go take a shower,” I said. It wasn’t until Samuel stiffened that I remembered I’d just come out of the shower. So much for playing normal.

Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.

All change brings bad things and good things to replace the bad and good things that were before. It is natural to look back and say it was better before—but that does not make it true. Different is not worse. It is just different.

I give you Mercedes Athena Thompson, our newest member." Much awkwardness ensued.

I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.