“You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.”
“Terror skittered around the fringes of his consciousness on fast rodent feet.”
“Anna never wanted to walk when she could be carried, your mother wanted to walk when she could fly, and you want to run before you can walk.”
“Why go for something cold and dead, when you can have something hot and panting?”
“Pride was the belt you could use to hold up your pants even after your pants were gone”
“Put any woman in an area run mostly by men and rumors will fly. Unless you make it very clear that you are off limits, there is also a certain competitiveness that sets in. Some men are either trying to run you out of town or get into your pants. They don't seem to know any other way to deal with a woman. If you're not a sexual object, you're a threat.”