I'm the girl who never gets angry and never wants anything, and that's why my family is still alive.

There are a lot of things I want, " I say quietly and deliberately. "But I think I will keep what I have.

I never thought that freedom would feel so much like grief.

My heart gladdens, knowing someone think of at Christmas.

Any moment now, I thought, he was going to wake up. Any moment.

The corrupt begat corruption.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

We're in the money, the skies are sunny; old man depression, you are through, you done us wrong!

Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions.

Someone ought to write a novel about me.

When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even their arm, and hitting their shoulder instead. But no matter. You hang on tight anyway.

Sometimes it was so easy to forget that I was kissing a vampire.