Annette

“Wow, colorful. I think the kid’s head plowed into me. He came at me like a mortar. Pow! Skull meets tits. Tits lose.”
― J.D. Robb, Calculated in Death

“. . . and Phillips, go to Staff Sergeant Pole, have him assign you to platoons.” “Platoons, Gunnery Sergeant?” “Got extra food stored in your ears, Phillips?”
― Tanya Huff, Valor's Trial

“Peabody waved her PPC triumphantly. “It’s the Kirk thing, The Enterprise thing. It reminded me I’d hit this name that made me snicker when I was running the van—the Cargo. Here it is. Tony Stark.”
“Oh, baby.” McNab blew her a double-handed kiss. “Good call.”
“It’s gotta be, right?” Peabody said to McNab. “It’s his style.”
“Who the hell is Tony Stark?” Eve demanded.
“Iron Man,” Roarke told her. “Superhero, genius, innovative engineer, and billionaire playboy.”
“Iron Man? You’re talking about a comic book guy?”
“Graphic novel,” Roarke and McNab said together.”
― J.D. Robb, Calculated in Death

“Be careful what you yearn for, because that which you desire most will either complete you or destroy you, and you don't get to choose.”
― William Lashner, Blood And Bone