[quote]You, of course, have never regretted anything in your life, except possibly belated realizations of even snappier comebacks hours after the fact.[/quote]

We are blessed to remember our mistakes, because it means we survived them.

Also: Lucien hates garbage. He hates owls. And, at this [i]exact[/i] moment he hates Ailee, but he'll get over it. 

"I'm just going to assume that can kill us all easily, and very horribly. Ailee? Jackdaw? I love you both dearly, if you could write down for me what you're going to say, before you say it...?" Pause. "Then, when [i]I[/i] say something stupid, I'll start having Coleman sign off on it. We can take turns trying to talk to God, but Ailee left her last three back in the broom cupboard."