“Fate might forgive greed, or gluttony, or even bloodlust, but it never ignores being ignored.”

“Jason had joked that dust bunnies under the bed were pets he didnt mind keeping: they never whined for food and didnt require a litter box. They also didn't wake you up at night by barking at passi...”

“Most people only have stray thoughts and it stays at that. But youve got power, darlin'. You flung out walking evil. Let's hope you can bring up a remedy too.”

“I was a modern young woman, fearless and capable (with mace spray in my robes right pocket), and I didnt care who knew it. Attitude was everything when dealing with dwarfs.”

“It was said that if you duped death, if you kept someone alive who should have died, then you might be called to die in their place. Energy was demanded, if not from one source, then from another.”

“It will change your life if you accept her offer. Common pleasures will no longer hold sway over you. Its somewhat like catching religion.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.”

“My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.”

“Words', he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. So you must simply try to be patient and stop squibbling. As I am telling you before, I know exactly what words I am wantin...”

“I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.”

“I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.”

“Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.”