I've never done this with a woman like you before. Never wanted to. I only know... I don't want it to end.

Husband-hunting. Always a rousing sport. I suppose you go there dressed to kill.""No, indeed. What good is a dead husband?" She smiled airily. "I go dressed to maim only.

She thinks I'm too...impulsive.""Can't imagine why, " Tristan muttered, "when you do things like ride off into the woods after gentlemen in pursuit of a thief---

She's fire...but she will not burn you. She knows all too well how it feels to live with ashes.

You lose nothing if by losing a friend you win countless admirers

The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.

Where there is no hope, we must invent it.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Having the equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs at the ready does nothing to protect us from terrorists planning to sneak in a bomb through a cargo container.

An ego should be like a warm breeze, never seen, just mildly sensed.

I lived for art, I lived for love

Be strong. Don't be a follower, and always do the right thing. If you have a choice between the right thing and the wrong thing, the right way is always the less stressful.

War is like any other bad relationship. Of course you want out, but at what price? And perhaps more importantly, once you get out, will you be any better off?" - Quellcrist Falconer