...it is by our actions that we are destroyed or saved. The choice is ours.

What do you want exactly? (Fang) An end to the mistreatment of small, fluffy dust bunnies. (Thorn)

(She grabbed him for a bear hug.) Stop sexually harassing me, Mom. (Nick)

Akri done left his Simi on his arm for far too long. She done got tired and cranky. (Simi)

The family consists of those who live under the same roof with the pater familias ; those who form (if I may use the expression) his fire-side.

But you helped me and Arik. Why would you do that if you really feel that way? (Geary) What can I say? It’s so much more enjoyable to snatch victory from the hands of the gullible. You guys make the most delightful sound of agony when you’re betrayed. (Solin)

The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The fire gives it power and flexibility, and the blows give it STRENGTH. Those two thing make the metal pliable and able to withstand every battle it's called upon to fight.