“No matter how bad he felt, there was nothing to be done about it. He had made hard and even cruel choices, but in the end they were the ones he knew were right. There was no use in regretting them.”

“He may say he is different. He may want to be different. He may even go so far as to become your lover. But he'll always feel guilty and dirty. He'll be ashamed to be seen with you and try to blame you for his own desires. He'll claim you seduced him or that you are somehow irresistible because you're Haldiim. If the two of you are discovered together, he'll press charges to save himself. That's how Cadeleonian men are.”

“Tell me." Edward had to raise his voice a little. "Do you live by the principle that what people don't know can't hurt them?""No," Harper replied. "What people don't know can't hurt me.”

“The Pepper Sisters," Falk told him, "I think you just got an eyeful of the new ad campaign for their dairy.""Were those the owners or the producers?" Jason asked."Both. It's an employee-owned co-op. Chemical-free too now that Pickle's quit smoking.”

“Them papers are clean as a unicorn's snatch!”

“It was a lazy community of mutual disinterest and alcohol.”

“Don't waste your prayers on the past, when the future is where you're going.”