I use social media not to ask new people to like my stuff. I use social media to connect with that one reader who likes my stuff.

Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.

Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.

It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.

Fiction challenges us and works its miracles by placing us in the skin of another human being and teaching us empathy.

Sometimes a thing needed opening before closure was found.

It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.

I'd rather excite the imagination of a legion of readers and make pennies from each of them than hold off for a larger chunk of change from only a handful of fans.

Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.

"What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there."

My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.

Serenity of mind brings joy and happiness in life.

In terms of monetary behavior, there are two types of people in this Earth: those who save and those who spend.

To find truth, one must travel a dense fog!

I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.

I've never been supercritical about my body.

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend.

We won't get any growth in Greece by just imposing cuts. What I would prefer is a special economic zone for Greece.

Okay, everyone, now inhale... and then dehale!

The world isn't as bad as you think.

When I was younger, I never thought there could be anything better than the glory of battle. (Sparhawk) And now? (Taryn) Now I would much rather coax a smile from your face. (Sparhawk)