Donna Augustine

“We weren't a couple, but friends didn't spoon every night. Fate and I were officially in relationship-no-man's-land.”

“People say karma's a bitch. Personally, I really don't think I'm that bad.”

“You are familiar with World War 2?""Of course I am. I'm dead, not stupid.”

“For all that my co-workers put such stock in not being a transfer, we had a definite edge in one area. As a human, you were born knowing that you were going to die.”

“The way I feel about you doesn't come with a set of restrictions. There are no rules that say if you do this or you don't do that, I won't care anymore. This is just an aspect of who you are and I love you for the entirety of you, not for the different pieces I can pull out.”

“I was flipping back and forth between do and don't quicker than they were serving up flapjacks down at the diner, he was getting closer to me.... close enough that I could smell him.... smell the heat that he threw off and that other certain energy that was pouring off of him right now at levels I'd not seen since Chernobyl. If I didn't move soon, I'd be in trouble... or ecstasy.”

“I stepped out and the sun was shining. And the birds were chirping. It was the nicest day we'd had in ages. A couple of bunnies scampering about. It could have been the start of a Disney flick.”

“I'm dead?""That body is... yes.”

“Would it be possible to speak to this Universe person?""I'm sure that they will understand that there is a personality conflict." It was time to bump my complaint to upper management."No one speaks to the Universe.""Then how do you know what to do?" I leaned in a little."Simple. Through my orders." His eyes started to twitch. "Which you get how?""My memos.”

“The sizzle I felt being near him was so intense, but I couldn't figure out if they were fireworks or warning flares.”

“Anyone who thought death warmed over didn't look good, had never seen this guy.”

“I was going down and hard. There are a few things in life that suck really badly. Loving someone who doesn't love you back is one of them.”