“Screw pretty. I'd rather be strong. Pretty fades over time. Strength gets you through the bad shit.”

“Well, Dude," said Khalil, "sometimes you just have to get over shit”

“I like pink lipstick…and pretty shoes..... Much to my surprise, I find that I do too.”

“The gruff gryphon’s voice turned gentle. “What am I, chopped liver? You beat the crap out of me this afternoon. That pretty much makes us pals in my book.”

“It sucked so bad she might as well put a gun to her head and pull the trigger. Except she didn’t own a gun because she didn’t like them. Besides, pulling the trigger on a gun was pretty final. She had issues with commitment and she was so freaking dead anyway, so why bother.”

“Get back over here so I can smack you.” “Yeah, I’ll get right on that.”

“You almost died, you little shit.”