Quotes from Iris Johansen

My feelings exactly. You should be here with me, not in that compound." "Go away, Joe. I don't want you here." "It's mutual. I'm staying. And Galen insisted on bringing everything from explosives to surveillance equipment so we can set up for the

Gil: "I doubt if [Eve] allows herself to be driven in a direction she doesn't want to go." Logan: "But it's possible to block out every other path so she's forced to take the only one left.

I was so determined to experience everything and everyone I could that I don't think I ever stopped to truly appreciate any of it. Then, somewhere along the way, I realized it's important to have a good reason to experience the things in my life. Not just because they're there.

said we'll discuss it when I commit." She smoothed the area under the eye crevice. "I wonder who they think it is. . . ." He watched her for a moment without speaking. "Louisiana in October isn't too unpleasant. We could take

certainly not

How do you keep to some idealistic set of rules when your opponent has no rules?

What a beautiful treasure tears can be. - Kadar den Arnaud

You see how it shocks and horrifies you? Our religion is based on the holy books, and you cannot conceive that they're not perfect. You're afraid that if one lie exists, the entire fabric could be rotten. - Ware

isn't just a minor inconvenience.

And how close is a nervous breakdown to going over the edge? You never realize what a tightrope we all walk until you almost slip into the chasm.

How the hell do I know? It just hurts me to think about it....And its not because you're a great lay. Though you are. But I've had great lays before, and I didn't get torn up. You should have known it would come down to this." Garrett

Etienne, didn't worry enough, Jules thought in despair. Ever since childhood it had been Jules who was the serious one, the one who had to accept the responsibility while Etienne ambled along through life with endearing blitheness. "You arranged for the men to be waiting at the church?" "Of course." "And you told them nothing?" "Only that they would be paid well for the work. And I parked the motorboat

find Nardik, and we'll find Hu Chang." "It will be okay, Catherine," he said quietly. "I know you're

would be important to ascertain whether a man's son was his own through a wife's purity, but where marriage was not involved it was

everyone else in the world

I have it." She got into the passenger seat of the security van.

I couldn't take you. So the violin will have to do." He smiled and moved over to the violin case on the bed. "The next time you play, it will be at Loch Gaelkar.

And I'll be waiting for you to make

known that he had to be careful

All those years, all the frustration, just sapped the life out of him. No one is going to do that to me.

Is that where Marinth is?

I came into some family money and I've always been a good saver. I realized that being by myself was detrimental to my health and I needed interaction. So I decided to stop being careful and start spending that money. I figure if I can't be good to myself now, when can I?

But it's natural for men to compete against each other. We've been doing it since the cave days. Why else do we have wars? Wars are competition, no matter what the politicians call them.

That's what's most frightening. You can live your life in the best way, the most moral way possible, and it doesn't make any difference. A madman chooses you at random and takes away everything. It's not fair.