“There is nothing one can do to delay the inevitable, and so it's best just to stand tall.”

“... But she sees that his mouth sucks on his mischievousness as one might savor a hard candy.”

“... sin has always been more delicious than loyalty.”

“But passion and pride rarely occupy the same space.”

“Of everyone here, you are the fish I would like to catch.”

“Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.”

“Last year a baby orca and its mother wandered too far upriver from the ocean; we saw the story in The Oregonian. They didn’t know how to get back home. Pater said all the fuss from people and boaters and news helicopters was probably confusing them more. He didn’t say he thought they’d never find their way back, but I know that’s what he was thinking. In my mind, I like to think they submerged so no one could see them under all that deep blue, popping up again when they were safely out to sea.”