All men would be cowards if they durst.

When writing fiction, you learn to only put things and characters in, that are going to progress your story. There is something to be learned about that approach in real life

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

I don't trust nobody, especially when they say something good.

Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result.

Rachel, you summon demons. You’re good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It’s not going to go away.

I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.

If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.