Kim Harrison

That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the

 difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in anger, fear, love, or obligation. You make decisions to irritate people.

And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love, that trust.

Hey, ah, does anyone want a cookie or something? Oh yeah. A cookie. That would make everything better. Dunked in a shot of tequila , maybe? Or better yet, just the bottle? Yeah, that ought to do it.

. . . treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can't, until you do understand.

Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.

The mistakes don't matter. It's what you do when you mess up that does.

I'm only going to be here for a time, then leave you. His gaze met mine. "And I will cry when I go, because I could love you forever."

As the joke goes, you don’t have to be faster than the wolf chasing you, just faster than everyone else running away.

My mother isn't crazy. She simply has a harder time than most reconciling her reality with everyone else's reality.

Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise.