I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.

I'd be a dumbass if I didn't plan for every contingency.

They won’t really shoot us, will they?” Faith whispered as they started forward.
“I’ll pretend I’m in labor if they do any funny stuff,” Angelina said in a low voice. “Pregnant women always scare the shit out of men.

We live in a society where people feel they have to be right, no matter what. If we subscribe to that narrow view, the critical gray area is compromised.

I think the worst part of growing up is the realization that there will come battles in this life that you simply can't win, but ones you have to fight regardless, fighting with the knowledge you cannot change the ending, just the how and when.

Of course, the reader might argue that I was as stubborn in my viewpoint as they were in theirs. Yes, indeed, but I was right and they were wrong and that made the difference.