Deep inside her (ih her harrowed soul) she felt a glowing ember of fury at the man responsible for this. Tha man who had put her in this position. She looked at the pistol lying beside the basin, and knew that if he were here, she would use it on him without a moment's hesitation. Knowing that made her feel confused about herself. It also made her feel a little stronger.

I started writing seriously when I was about 12. I am always in the mood.

The world had moved on and all that was over, done before fairly begun.

If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them

If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone

Time's the thief of memory

The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.