“All is clouded by desire: as fire by smoke, as a mirror by dust ...Through these it blinds the soul.”

“We think a person should do right because it's right, not because their soul will be in eternal jeopardy if they don't toe the line.”

“Nobody appreciates a woman with vinegar in her soul." ~ Melkin to Rachel”

“I dug through my purse for the Glock. There is was, and I realized I'd never set the safety. I decided to consider this a great example of forethought rather than my being the stupidest gun handler on the planet.”

“...because on some basic, soul-deep level within me, he is the solid ground beneath my feet.”

“What should I say? ‘Well, the murder was a little upsetting, and the fire did worry me a bit. I was nearly date-raped and my ex best friend is crazy. But, hey, at least I’m making an A in History’?”

“I let go of the pump as well now. I registered a sense of fatigue. And regret. It was the same fatigue and regret you feel when you miss a tennis ball. You were planning to smash it, but you swing hard and miss; the arm holding the racket meets no resistance and lashes wildly through the air.”