A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear.

You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you." "Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling?

Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after.

Will you give the girl to me?" she said. "Will you let me try?" He nodded, dizzy with relief. "Please, Willo. Please. Save her. It doesn't matter...what happens to me.

It was a peculiar marriage of interests- Lord Averill and Captain Byrne and Lord Bayar and Han Alister agreeing on anything was as rare as gold in Ragmarket.

Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?

You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?

You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.

There is only one thing to learn and that is how to love and how to be loved.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

I'm a little fighter and I stand up for what I believe in.

I love it when you talk that sh-t.

Think not because no man sees, such things will remain unseen.

The temple in which the Lord Jesus delights most, is a broken and contrite heart, renewed by the Holy Spirit.

Turn off any self-talk that tells you that you are destined to live a small life. You're not.

On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel?

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind.