As a girl, she was a legal prey, especially if she was dressed in a worn black leather jacket and had pierced eyebrows, tattoos, and zero social status.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

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

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

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

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!

The doctrines that have been preached in our churches in Africa and globally has not been helpful for believers to dominate the earth.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

My life is not my own business.

If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?

If you love something, the work will be just fine.

Do not say, 'I am only a boy'; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

You know, like when you look in the mirror and the thing you see is not the thing as it really is.

Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world