Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

I'm about to commence four years of obeying the cause of a bruiser on a horse. I refuse to put down what might be the last book I see for months.

I swear the sparrows called us ten kinds of idiot when we did it.

I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin'," she told me. "Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me.

Cats aren't special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.