“She looked like a dead Teletubby.”

“It was like skydiving but way more intense. Like if you took two Ambien and then went skydiving and forced yourself to stay awake the entire time.”

“Tipping her head, she stared into his tawny, hazel eyes, so intense, so burning-hot and all-consuming. Had she ever had a man look at her like that? Like she was all? Like she was everything? The center of his universe? Hell, screw the center … Law was looking at her like she was his universe.”

“She look me over from head to foot. Then she cackle. Sound like a death rattle. You sure is ugly, she say, like she ain't believed it.”

“There is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.”

“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!”

“never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”