I'm sorry you lost the suit, ' he said.She shrugged.'At this point, it was mostly a metaphor anyway, ' she said...

Every empire grow until its reach exceeds its grasp

I don’t kill children, ” she said. “Not even when it’s the right thing to do.

We're all traitors now.” “Ha!” the old lady said. “Only if we lose.

it felt like waking up over and over without falling sleep in between.

It was a mating dance only slightly more dignified than presenting like a mandrill, but endearing in its own fashion.

A near-fatal case of scurvy being the only reason I can imagine drinking something with grapefruit juice in it.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you wanna do with your life

Long after you go downand the vessel rusts apartyour bones sunkenburied in the ocean floorI wonder if you miss people?

I feel blessed to be a musician, and I know it's a power given to me from God that I must use in a very positive way.

I have friends, some of whom are spectacularly good writers, who really want someone to edit them. I don't register that impulse. It's like the impulse for wanting a dog.

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.

If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man.

If things aren’t breaking, then you’re not moving fast enough. People learn by making mistakes.

Life hardly ever lives up to our anxieties.

I have an RSS reader, Feeddler. I mostly subscribe to board game blogs - they have reviews of new games and discussions about trends. It's straight-up dork talk.

I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.