Those single-track military minds never think to ask their cleaning staff for help in giant lethal marauding creature matters.

But I'm going to try to tell the truth. Except for the parts I'm leav­ing out, because there's still stuff I'm just not going to tell you. Get used to it.

Those single-track military minds never think to ask their cleaning staff for help in giant lethal marauding creature matters.

With the knowledge of her aloneness came a rush of self-declaration: “I will not be nothing.”

Never assume. Never make plans. Keep doing the press-ups and deep knee bends: you'll need all your strength and flexibility when your life suddenly implodes. Maybe it won't — some people do lead enchanted lives — but odds are that it will. Some time.

The train is roaring toward you and the villain is twirling his moustache and you're fussing that he's tied you to the tracks with the wrong kind of rope.

Yes, I am letting my own experience color my answer, which is what experience is for.