Survivors can't always choose their methods.

I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it.

Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.

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.

I would slay dragons for you,” he told her. “I suspect that finding an unoccupied bedroom will be easier.

If it would benefit you, I would kill every wolf here. But there are things that you need to do -- and interfering with that is not protecting, not in my book. The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

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