Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?

You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?

You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.

Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.

You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you.""Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling?

Surround yourselves with trustworthy people. If you don't, all the weaponry and tactics in the world can't save you.

Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop.""What?""What I said. Just say, 'Rai, I don't love you and I never will'. It's that simple.""Raisa, this is getting us nowhere.""Say it!

If someone grabs you in the street, hit hard and fast, because you may not get a second chance.

God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11)

Contrary to popular belief, some animals would not have each chosen to be a human being, if they were given the choice between being what they are and being human.

Mankind’s assignment is to extend the kingdom of love throughout the earth

Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

PROMISE YOURSELF To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.

Silence ensures that history repeats itself.

There are a lot of guys who are respected but not liked.

People's talk and the stories they tell have been engraved on my heart, and some of them have flown into my pen.

You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love. Love.