Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.

“You're a cold bitch, Dallas.""Yes, I am.""Well, I suppose if I'd been murdered …”

“No second chance?"A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, h…”

“Now if you tell me there were six other naked women and three attendants hangin…”

“The way he saw it, poker and life had a lot in common. You played the cards you…”