“Despite the failure of Velda Cannon's Depends, we'd had a great time. ”

“The cannon of the spirits says that intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carryout the intent does not absolve the guilt. ~ Cara Mordsith”

“Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing we'd ever been dependably stellar at: we'd read.”

“Although failure is a great teacher, we cannot afford the time to learn from our failures. Human societies cannot be subjected to such a process.”

“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”

“The words just sprang into my mind. Maybe I'd never stopped loving Michael, but now it felt different. I loved him despite the injuries we'd inflicted on one another, because of the bad times as well as the good ones..... Our love was richer and bumpier and more complex than it had ever been before.”