What was the point, I had to wonder, of fighting so hard to learn to protect my life if I was destroying it in the process?

No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose.

It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win.

That was, in fact, my life. A whole series of reasonable lies.

So it turns out that late-night flashes of brilliance often look a little less brilliant in the bright light of morning.

Pretending to feel something you don't can often lead you to the real thing, in some form.

So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

You don't really get to choose. We worship you, and that makes you our God.

I am grateful to all my readers

I suspect she will be like air. Like knowing how to breathe.

I design flats like I design heels: They must be seductive, beautiful and comfortable.

Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.

Stop lying. There isn't enough time left.

A popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.

I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.

I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.