That was easy for him to say when his cell phone was rounding third base. If anyone got a home run tonight, I didn't want it to be Verizon Wireless.

How about this?" I said, because now it was the principle of the thing. "I'm sorry, jackass.

I was generally pro-bat, except when I was trekking through the dark trying not to think about the dire fate of every horror movie character stupid enough to go into the dark with a flashlight and check the fuses.

He rose to his feet in one fluid move, the better to look down at me. “You don’t know me, princess. Some people have reasons for doing things, and don’t just go wherever they’re told or drift whichever way they’re pushed.

Taylor: what do you hear? Daisy: Nothing but rain

She was the only creature in the world who would really care if something happened to me, even if it was only because I was the bringer of kibble.

You're not hurt, are you?" "Only my delicate sensibilities.