Samuel laughed out loud. "You still haven't figured it out, have you, Mercy? He never was mad about the car. He was the first one at the scene of the accident. He thought you'd killed yourself. We all did. That was a pretty spectacular wreck.

Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death.

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

Any idiot can put up a website.

The warmth of his body shouldn’t have felt good. He was angry and every muscle was tense. It was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

Zealots are like one track-pony. Don't get in their way without expecting to get hurt.