Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on.

I'm a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It's much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be 100 per cent correct.

She had been sharing a house with him for a week, and he had not once flirted with her. He had worked with her, asked her opinion, slapped her on the knuckles figuratively speaking when she was on the wrong track, and acknowledged that she was right when she corrected him. Dammit, he had treated her like a human being.

Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.

She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand.