sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love.

Black rose, black roseWho’s gonna be your only one?Who’s gonna keep you safe and warm?Run, run my baby black roseI’m gonna find you home.

…but his problem was infinity; his problem was time running along the x-axis versus stress running along the y-axis, and there never seemed to be time without stress. Stress was a constant.

.” I watched her sip at the drink some more. She was strong, healthy, but also petite enough that I was certain I could overpower her. I’d made the right decision not to tranquilize her,...

Sometimes death is even better than to confess a secret.

The ocean drummed as loud as pulsating blood, eroding the sand, rushing the beach as if it had a point to prove. And like many things, it receded, was gone, and was replaced anew.

For me, writing isn’t about money and fame. It’s about passion, an art form that I want to share with the world, expand the horizons to new worlds, new experiences, and new adventures.

The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become...

My eyes meet his and I understand exactly what he’s saying. He’s my person. He’s my home.

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don’t give much...

Contrary to the media circus which portrayed politicians as all-powerful figures, Kentbridge knew from experience the vast majority of US Government officials – elected or otherwise – were puppets who only had the illusion of...

It was the freedom to experiment that made this experiment called Freedom possible.

Create a Piracy Free World fora Creative Tomorrow

She was always demanding of herself, Do I dare? Do I dare disturb the universe?

Simon stopped listening. He realised he’d had enough. Enough of the theories, enough of the mystery, enough of the bullshit. Enough of the soldiers and guns and MI5. Enough of bugs in phones and in...

Sometimes one man must fight for what he feels is right, even against the majority. Something that is wrong does not change to right just because the majority approves it, ignores it, or the government...

People talk about survival. What they mean is killing the other guy.

Not all diseases come from bacteria and viruses, Professor. The worst often come from things you cannot see under a microscope. This plant is infested with an aggressive strain of such invisible germs.

Professor Khupe rubbed his hand along the sand dunes of her windswept form. The static charge made her skin feel like the surface of a cactus. He recoiled. How he wished he had gone into...

Pape called Basil his sanctuary. In truth we all exist in our own sanctuaries-but I don’t mean cathedrals or prisons. I’m talking about our hearts and minds, which imprison us in anxiety, dear, insecurity, anger...

…no matter what it may hold.

The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets…

Use your intuition. Picture how things happen, why they happen. Don’t stick rigidly to first impressions, and once you’ve read the rule book, throw it away. Better still, burn the bastard.

THERE WAS ALWAYS a boy in your life that common sense and the prayers of parents told you to stay away from: fast talker, fast car, and fast hands. He was the boy your father...

It is said that in death, all things become clear.

The stinging slap against her cheek whipped her head sideways. Her hand reflexively went to her burning face.”I told you no,” Tobe said, barely above a whisper.Daphne had no words. He’d never so much as...

And to think I could be at home cleaning the cat box,” Esther Charlemagne said. “Watching for a Peeping Tom is so much better.”~ Chapter 2 The Night Shadow by Cheri Vause

there are men who are ancient and determined enemies of the Church of Rome who live in perpetual hope of its destruction

Any self-defense class worth its salt will tell you thatyou don’t pull out a weapon unless you intend to use it.The same should apply to ballsy remarks.

I despise common sense. I’ve seen the world from every possible angle. This cruel, ridiculous, beautiful world.

Had a big trial. It was like an Errol Flynn movie.

It’s never too late.

Lucy in the sky. Without her I am the walrus, likely to lose myself in dark gibberish and fade away.” Lance Underphal, Cut-Throat Syndrome.

Fear is quite the anaesthetic

Partnership means she is of equal rank to you, Raven’, Obiakor continued…’Don’t play games with her.

The blue shirt called a guard. He was ordered to come down, but didn’t. They shot him in the leg, he fell and later in the cell, he removed a blade from a disposable razor,...

Snowmageddon.Dirty glacial clouds hammered the city’s anvil. On the District of Columbia’s northwestern edge, gusts of snow rolled across the Park Road Bridge like volcanic ash.

In Panama, I found a spider that eats its own limbs during lean times. I am told they grow back. But though the distinction is razor-thin, desperation is not the same thing as determination. Nevertheless,...

Amanda esitò.– Maddie?Lei la guardò nella penombra della notte. Il lampione era lontano, la luce ambrata stendeva campiture nitide sui lineamenti tesi dell’amica. I capelli scuri si confondevano con l’ombra. – Andrà tutto bene, te...

The arms, legs, and torso with head were dragged away in sections as the children were captivated by the drama, zealously chewing their candies with sticky teeth.

If the price I have to pay to see Jewish children playing without an armed escort are freeways across the desert and a take-a-way on every street corner throughout the Middle East, then I’m all...

. ‘Because off-duty cops walk around the city wearing sweatshirts advertising they’re cops all the time, never mind it’s a hundred degrees outside. And never mind you look like the youngest cop ever recruited in...

I win.

If he can’t reach you he can’t hit youIf he can’t hit you he can’t hurt you

Your best kicks ass and takes names,” Jack says, and he punches my shoulder again.

And in a land accustomed to so much anguish, Chase tried to be careful with words. His soccer moms began assigningnicknames during the first day of official practice: Difom, Kakas, Kochma, and Maldyok, which roughly...

You think I started out like this?Well, I didn’t.I started out like anyone else – young and hopeful. I started out arrogant and in love, assuming the whole dizzy world was where it should be:...

Yes, I am finally a match for Amy. The other morning I woke up next to her, and I studied the back of her skull. I tried to read her thoughts. For once I didn’t...

If we found a ticket to Disneyland would you think we should arrest Mickey Mouse?

So? I know damn well that I didn’t poison her.”Veronica Lane, M.D., Treating Murder