“Hell, what balls!”

“Do you know what vengence is, Tim? It is a dark mirror in which we cannot see ourselves.”

“She paused and saw him tense in expectation. He wouldn’t like to hear this, but better from her than one of the others. “You aren’t the only pilot I have in my service. And you aren’t the only person with a dark past, though the illegal things that you did, you were forced to do by the Core. But I will tell you what I’ve told the others. This is your last chance. You screw up with me and you get shipped up river. I don’t offer second chances—I offer last chances.”Nope, he didn’t like it. She saw the hand not holding the bottle of beer curl into a fist.Sin and Del, from Sunscapes Trilogy, Book 1: Last Chance”

“No one can take your honor from you; to lose it, you must give it away...honor is always sin your own hands.”

“Our daily words and actions lead to decisions, our decisions create habits, and our habits create our future selves.”

“And when you give up your dreams, an important part of who you are dies with them, and so does that which makes you unique.”

“You can devote your life to the vision that is in your heart---if you have courage to focus your energy there. Of course, there is a price to be paid. But there is always a price...But I think the highest price is paid by those who choose the safety of the masses and blend in, becoming a whiter shade of pale.”