introductions

As Spinoza or someone very much like him once said . . .

Speeches are like steer horns - a point here a point there and a lot of bull in between.

Some people might say that I think too highly of you just because I worship the water you walk on.

Wit is the salt of conversation not the food.

Cassie?__t__ Sammy, holding on to Ben, because he__ feeling the Ben thing a little more than he is the Cassie one at the moment. Who__ this guy falling from the ductwork, and what__ he doing with my sister?__his must be Sammy,_ Evan says.__his is Sammy,_ I say. __h! And this is____en Parish,_ Ben says.__en Parish?_ Evan looks at me. That Ben Parish?__en,_ I say, my face on fire. I want to laugh and crawl under the counter at the same time. __his is Evan Walker.___s he your boyfriend?_ Sammy asks.I don__ know what to say. Ben looks totally lost, Evan completely amused, and Sammy just damned curious. It__ my first truly awkward moment in the alien lair, and I__ been through my share of moments.__e__ a friend from high school,_ I mutter.And Evan corrects me, since it__ clear I__e lost my mind. __ctually, Sam, Ben is Cassie__ friend from high school.___he__ not my friend,_ Ben says. __ mean, I guess I kind of remember her_ Then Evan__ words sink in. __ow do you know who I am?___e doesn__!_ I fairly

The more people that meet each other, the better it is for all of them. ("The Gift Of God").