Marriage was something I thought happened only to other people, like fatal traffic accidents. - George Alec Effinger

People who live their lives by proverbs waste their time doing lots of stupid things. “Getting even is the best revenge” is my motto.

Let me make it clear: You don’t want his disapproval. He never forgets these things. If he needs to, he hires other people to carry his grudges for him.

“She cost you more.”
“I know,” said the trick. “How much?”
“You tell me,” she said, thinking he might be a cop setting her up. That kind of thing still happened whenever the religious authorities ran out of infidels to persecute.