“I would give anything, anything, to be the man to whom this has not happened. I can not accommodate myself to it. In a lifetime of trying, I can not accommodate myself to it.And now I will have to be that person forever.”

“I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.”

“I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.”

“If I have to bar the door, I will. I can be avery accommodating man, lass, but you’vesorely tried my will. I’ve given you until tomorrowto trust me with whatever you’rehiding. After that, I can promise you won’tlike my hospitality any longer.”“I don’t like it now,” she said crossly. Shewaved her hand in his direction. “You canleave. I’ll only be going to bed now.”

“I always tell myself, 'you can write anything, but first you have to write something'.”

“Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.”