“It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.”

“But as I have noticed on more than one occaision, life itself is unfair, and there is no complaint department, so we might as well accept things the way they happen, clean up the mess, and move on.”

“I was never more alive than when the Dark Passenger was driving.”

“And as always seems to happen when I have reached the point where I am ready to take decisive action, everything began to happen at once.”

“I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book”

“And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?”

“She had searched for just the right guy; sensitive and gentle and willing to wait. Quite a long search, of course. She was looking for some imaginary man who cared more about having someone to talk to and see movies with than he needed to have sex, because she was just Not Ready for That. Did I say imaginary? Well yes. Human men are not like that.”