That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it." "Oh.

Bullying is not okay. Period.

Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.

Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

Don’t allow the challenges to overpower you. Choose a positive attitude and persistent endurance over defeat.

Each guy stamped the passport of my heart. “You’re worthy.” Stamp. “You’re enough.” “You have not failed completely.” Stamp, stamp.

If the church doesn’t start fighting corruption, it will keep flourishing in the country

Sometimes you can't prioritise family and you feel guilty.

What’s wrong with you? Are you ill? I forbid you to be ill, wife.

Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there.

The harrowing of the soul can be like the harrowing of the soil; to increase the yield, things are turned upside down.

The rules may seem obvious but when you think about them they're not. For somebody who has my job they're not as obvious as one would think.

I'm very much looking forward to doing nothing fixed, just riding for fun.

A man and his tools make a man and his trade.