All true Northerners should bare steel to their enemies, and stand true to the course they have chosen, for when the heart is divided by fear then the battle is already lost.

Men may act as cruelly as dragons, but dragons will never act as men do.

This is what a castle sounded like when it died, and he knew he would never forget it.

It's remarkable the logic we'll build around a misapprehension.

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

We can never untangle all the woes in other people's lives. We can't produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform.

The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.

I write from what's in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.