“Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.”

“I had this teacher who kept telling me that if I was ever in a fair fight, someone had made a mistake, she said”

“I kept a straight face while my inner Neanderthal spluttered and then went on a mental rampage through a hypothetical produce section, knocking over shelves and spattering fruit everywhere in sheer...”

“Maybe this was a male-female translation problem. I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they'...”

“...when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone bei...”

“Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.”

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”

“If there is no love for others, love of country is just a slogan.”

“Neighbor to neighbor. It is a mentality that has been fostered over centuries, since the earliest settlers realized the only way to survive in this desolate but beautiful outpost was to work togeth...”

“Family is your most reliable source of support in any situation because love from your family is unconditional.”

“Peter." The fine hair along her spine rising, Vicky could feel the power in a name. This is who you are, it said. Come back to us.”

“This, it occurred to me, was the deeper meaning in the mournful merriment I had been part of that day. I stood at Mam's sink before bedtime, filling an iced tea glass with water, thinking that I ha...”