“It doesn't stop being magic because you can you explain it, Father.”

“Stress" is mostly the result of not being allowed to kill some asshole you really want to slice and dice.”

“You can learn by listening, or by getting whacked between the eyes with a two-by-four. I always found listening easier.”

“Likes to fight, does he?" Sandra said thoughtfully."Oh, yeah. He says there are only two reasons to fight." "Which are?""Joy and death."Her mother's brows went up. "Joy in death?""No, no... For joy, to stretch yourself with a friend; or death, to kill as quickly as you can. Nothing in between.”

“Grief is the tribute we pay the dead," she said, matter-of-fact sympathy in her voice. "But they don't ask more than we can afford to give. They've never really gone from us, you know, those we love; they're part of our story, and we of theirs.”

“Fear worked both ways - if you suppressed the physical symptoms, it calmed your mind.”

“. . . you should always kick a man when he's down. It's much easier then.”