My mom could be really fierce. A regular Frau Badass.

The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.

I often help others discover the outer limits of their hatred. It’s a talent of mine.

There was French kissing, and then there was Cajun French kissing. Spicier, harder, wilder.

My looks had gone from well-kempt cheerleader to apocalyptic disasterpiece.

I got nothing. Even the spies I'm spying on who are spying on other spies got nothing.

Gods, I love it when you talk mathy to me.

Two things that can never be contained? Velociraptors and zombies.

Those who betray me only do so once.

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.

Never run from one such as me, female. You will no’ get away - and we like it.

...chance is sometimes a wonderful accomplice in crime.

To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn.

Privilege is a headache, that you don't know that you don't have.

In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.

Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Anything good that we do is because of God. Whenever we get our eyes off of Him we crash and burn.

The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.