Adventurers tend to prance about the ladder of success, fearing less the sensation of a great fall than the humility of hanging idle.

Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

If you speak the truth, you spoil the game.

Every conscious act requires risk. Every conscious act requires decision. Put these two facts together and you realize that the secret to life is not to avoid gambling but to gamble well.

You win some, you lose some, and you keep it to yourself.

As long as people allow themselves to be shocked, outraged or disgusted, there will be those who see that this happens, just so they can watch.

Don't leave it to the law of averages to make you break even.

I am a lucky player; a powerful winning force surrounds me.

In the beginning, everything was even money.

False hope is sometimes much worse and sometimes much better than no hope.

It's hard to convince a winner that he's losing.

Ask very pointed questions. Sharp as sword blades, or laser blasts, if you catch my meaning.

Your bone shall remainYour flesh shall remain Your spirit shall remain

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

You have to work out where your place is. And who you are. But we're all spirit. That's all we are, we're just walking dressed up in a suit of skin, and we're going to leave that behind.

Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).

Twilight was the worst hour, because it was the hour of indecision.

I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.

I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.

Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.

You can delay but you can't deny.