We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume.

Only the cruelest hunters set their traps with terror and trepidation.

But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.

Maybe it frightened them, to admit that a woman could be master of her fate.

...there was a difference between killing for nourishment and killing for curiosity or sport.

He was a phoenix of blood, rising from the ashes of those who had fallen and suffered before him.

If evil had a laugh, she thought it would sound like his.

Fear could drive one to violence as quickly as anger could.

Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.

Keep calm. You have the forest in your blood.

First know the Self and then talk of social reformation.

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.

The world is littered with corpses that predicted technology in a particular arena was done. If there's another gigantic step change out there, we don't yet know what it is.

Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.

I've always considered myself a feminist, which is such a tough word for people. Some people immediately assume that you're angry or you hate men, which is obviously not true.

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

The faith which you keep must be a faith that demands obedience, and you can keep it only by obeying it.

My day is pretty much busy. I do 15 million things in the course of a day. I'm holding up I think. I don't know how I look, but I think I'm holding up.

I don't deny that I get excited, but that's what happens when you're passionate about what you do.