A king without a queen is not a king. The main point of creation is the union of male and female.

So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.

This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling.

Love is inaudible—until you hear it. And once you do, you’ll never forget the sound of her voice.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Burning her husband's bed was a mistake. Alison could see that now.

From day one, I was already famous in my own head. It didn't take anything to make me feel that way. I know I'm totally not famous. I mean, it just depends on your perspective.

I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.

While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader. That's more than connecting.

When giants fought, ants were crushed.

It's just not an image I had ever put out about myself - the bedroom synth guy. The whole thing seemed ridiculous.