“I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.”

“I'll tell you something about tough things. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find the way through. On the Food Network they have these shows where cooks have to put a meal together with all these weird ingredients. That's a lot like my life-dealing with things you wouldn't think ever go together. But a good cook can make the best meal out of the craziest combinations.”

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.”

“Don't say anything about rules, or you'll be dead in the future because I killed you. No one else is following them besides you, and I'll be damned if some misguided sense of honor makes you do something stupid now.”

“Love didn't work that way, I decided. Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.”

“Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crowfood.”