The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

—I don't want to lose you —Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

I know O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself. That is not in a man who walks to direct his steps." Jeremiah 10:23

The internet has become a political space. I think that is one of the most important developments in the past decade.

I'm really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site.

Evvy: "Is she going to eat Jooba-hooba? She looks like she's going to bite him, at least." Briar: "No — if she bit him, he'd die.