“Fear and doubt are major stampeders.”

“There are only really two positions one can take toward anything in life: hope or fear. Hope strengthens, fear kills.”

“There are really only two positions one can take toward anything in life: hope or fear. Hope strengthens, fear kills.”

“I'd learned a thing or two.Hope strengthens. Fear kills.”

“Bedevil the devil and devil be dammed. I fear no devil and bow to no man.- Adam Black”

“Hope strengthens. Fear kills[...] That simple adage is master of every situation, every choice. Each morning we wake up, we get to choose between hope and fear and apply one of those emotions to everything we do. Do we greet things that come our way with joy? Or suspicion?”

“Was he a good kisser, Ms. Lane?” Barrons asked, watching me carefully.I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand at the memory. “It was like being owned.”Some women like that.”Not me.”Perhaps it depends on the man doing the owning.”I doubt it. I couldn’t breathe with him kissing me.”One day you may kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find breath is of little consequence.”Right, and one day my prince might come.”I doubt he’ll be a prince, Ms. Lane. Men rarely are.”