I was ready to go. That's where I felt I belonged.

I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to clock 4.6 (seconds) in the 40-yard dash, but what I can't accept is not starting. There has to be a starting block for this. We have to try.

I don't see any question about where the moral high ground is here. The American people are eager to see where this science might lead.

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

He was distracted by a brief surge of adrenaline as he remembered the girl’s blood-soaked body. Flesh separated and puckered, he had left her in such a manner that her sacrification would be remembered.

The recollection aroused him. Death and sensuality combined to create a unique vision of purity and abhorrence. Though he had experienced doubts since beginning, he knew the mission he had been tasked with was necessary. It had given him a purity of purpose. These women needed to be punished, all in her name. And yet he felt guilt. Not enough to consume him, but enough to have it niggling away in the back of his mind like a parasite infecting his very soul.
May God forgive me for the deeds I committed on Kelly, no heart no heart.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.