“Herbs, vials, and crap," I grumble. "Where are the massive weapons and spirit fighting spears?"
"So impatient," Cooper says, mocking, and goes to pick up a tube filled with powder. "You know, these herbs and vials and crap are important."
"Yes, because crap always sounds necessary.”
Source: Deep in the Hollow
“Safe? What can be classified as safe? Everything we do in life has a risk. Just getting out of bed each morning can be dangerous. It's not a matter of what is safe, Cooper, it's a matter of what are you going to allow to hold you back." I look down at him over my shoulder and smile. "You going to let some squeaking metal hold you back?”
Source: Deep in the Hollow
“Successful people play the part of being successful consistently in all that they do.”
Source: Targeting Success, Develop the Right Business Attitude to be Successful in the Workplace
“So much for a great opening speech, that sucker done tucked tail and is hiding in the deepest part of my brain, sucking its thumb.”
Source: Deep in the Hollow
“There was a subtle shift in the mood in the room. Not exactly hostile, Tempy felt, more of one of accusation. It was impolite in this company to demonstrate how much the world had moved on since one had died. It was said that Hell was seeing the world pass before you while you could do nothing about it. Not only had she reminded George of his passing, and his inability to become integrated into polite society due to the language barrier, but also that he had lived a sad life.”
Source: Blue Summer: A Pair of Normal Girls Mystery
“I do not even struggle to speak. The spark of words dies so deep in my chest, there is not even space to mount them on an exhale.”
Source: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
“If this child is part of The Plan, then The Plan was that I would be raped. If this child is not part of The Plan, then my rape was a violation of The Plan, in which case The Plan is not a Plan at all, but a Polite fucking Suggestion”
Source: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
“Sometimes I wonder if the bars make the monsters and not the other way around.”
Source: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
“Your memories are like the air I breathe. I don't have to keep checking on it every now and then to make sure whether I am doing it or not. It happens all by itself. But the moment I try to stop it and hold it back forcefully, I start craving for it more and before I could even know I will be fighting to get more of it so that I could survive.”
“No Fletcher. Wake up, boy. Those are the flames of Hell. Dermont dropped out of school, so that's where he's headed. See the little horns? -Ms. Quinn”