The sky's gray and there's mizzle. It's so soft on my skin--it's nothing like rain. It's even softer than the lightest drizzle! Lift my face up, so it can kiss my skin." The Panopticon

I never knew I liked to be outside so much. I never knew I liked lochs and views and that, but I could seriously handle living in a cottage by the side of somewhere like this."The Panopticon

I could be the lone Eskimo, friend of whales and seals."The Panopticon

If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?

The employment equation used to be built on a foundation of two-way loyalty. The world has changed. Today, successful employment relationships can only be sustained on a foundation of two-way honesty

Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or on being.

With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname.

Leaders when not leading are outcasts.

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

An empty throne always tempts me.

Um," Grover said. "Percy?" "Yeah?" "I thought you'd want to know." "Yeah?" "Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice.After that...well...he's hungry.

The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.