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“Putting on the collar is taking charge of unexpected situations. Keeping humans from taking control from me. To tell hunters that I'm not prey. Not a trophy by wearing the collar. I looked at the circlet again. Looking deeper, I see not subjugation, but a tool of power to control my fate in the world of man that symbolizes my ownership over both my nature spirit and wolf-self.”

“Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.”

“Be grateful. These feelings, no matter how painful, are part of living. Today, we are alive—not anesthetized, not sedated, not passed out. Take control of your feelings and through action you can change. Today, as every day of sober living, we have a choice.”

“We are living in a world of Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Characters. You and I, we’ve been raised to believe that there are things for which we are responsible, and the rest is the responsibility of someone else. In fact, many have grown to believe that they are not responsible for anything at all.”

“I'm not going to be surprised again, Thom," Mat said, "Burn me, but I'm not going to let it happen. I'm tired of walking into traps unprepared. I plan to take command of my own destiny, stop running from problem to problem. It's time to be in charge." "And you do that with..." Juilin said. "Elaborate aliases with backstories," Mat said, handing Thom and Noal their sheets. "Bloody right I do.”

“Pamela, I'm sure you didn't mean any harm, but I intend to keep my husband. If I catch you sniffing around him again, I'll break both your legs. I swear it!" "Oh, God..." Pamela blushed furiously. "Even if he begs, don't meet with him ever again. Don't make this any worse than it already is." "No, I won't, Sarah. I promise you!" "And do me a favor?" "Anything." "Spread the word to his other paramours: I won't have him philandering. He's mine. And I'm not sharing!”

“When you blame others, what you are really saying is what is inside of you can’t be fixed, so you have no control of your own happiness. Therefore, you have made the conscience choice to give focus and fuel to a bad situation that will take you nowhere and give you nothing, but ignorance and pain.”