She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

The future looks a bit bleak to me.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

Since defeat in the Struggle must always be envisaged, the preparation of one's own successors is as important as what one does for victory.

The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!

We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.

Fashion magazine disease articles. My personal Kryptonite.

The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you're very well trained and have some natural aptitude, you still need to keep learning.

Does there exist a single instance of a saint asserting that he himself possessed the gift of miracles?

Pike put down the cat. He slid from Pike's arms like molasses and puddled at his feet.

It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.

The history of a culture can be determined by its untranslatable words.

To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.