"Cham Loc knew little of affairs of state, but he was aware that whenever politicians talked about matters of inflexib…"

"“And there are more idiots than suckers in the world,” Barney said with a rueful chuckle. “One every second, not one …"

"If you so much as touch him, I’ll have to smash every bone in your body—twice, to make sure I didn’t miss any the fir…"

"Joel groaned softly. “I-ah-I don’t think I was altogether myself,” he excused. “Are you ever?” Bertrand countered. “W…"

"A doctor is as good as the researchers backing him up."

"And by the way, it’s knowledge that moves mountains, you know, not faith."

"Colin felt a shiver pass down his spine. What man, granted total power, could refrain from using it? And would not hi…"

"Now, listen. Marriage is binding as a civil contract, but it has—like all my favorite contracts—an escape clause. I m…"

"A determined elbow jabbed him in the ribs, and he had to come close enough to waking to resist the nudges. He put bot…"

"Some people—mostly attractive women—don’t believe attractive women can act."