“Live Free or Die; Death is Not the Worst of Evils.”

“I'm choosing good over evil, light over darkness. I choose humanity.”

“Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!”

“Reaching for a towel, I stole a glance of my glistening body in the floor-length mirror. I had always been comfortable in my own skin. I knew that not everyone appreciated a size 8 frame, but I worked hard to maintain it.”

“Parker spent two weeks on the white sand beach at Biloxi, and on a white sandy bitch named Belle.”

“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.”