Biography
"MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT."
"I don't like it when I outweigh my men."
"Why is it that all cars are women?"he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding,"answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done,"I told him."
"A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter."
"She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair."
"It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts."
"Intelligent men are dangerous."
"When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her"
"Civilization is vastly overrated."
"Any idiot can put up a website."
"When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace."
"Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH."
"Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword."
"The only certainty life contains is death."
"Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to."
"Some truths are truths, no matter who says them."
"Survivors can't always choose their methods."
"Trying is always enough."
"Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners."
"I can't protect you from knowledge."
"I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not."
"I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it."
"The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two."
"The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two."
"He sighed. "I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?"No."