Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands.

The best plans are always the simplest.

Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.

Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it.

The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully.

Chromatacia…society…ruled by a colortocracy…social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see.

Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out.

The sky was like ebony and the only illumination was the harsh white light of the central streetlamp, which cast shadows so hard it seemed you might cut yourself on them.

…although her mouth uttered fond words, her eyes spoke only venom.

For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas.

Another one of your quippy japes?

An honest man speaks truth, don't expect him to speak sweet.

A magic came out of your smileGold thread of gold threadStars illuminating the skyThereWhere in the mountain streamHealing waterTears of ice as a gift to me

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.

We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable. -Suyuan

In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.

My parents do a lot of things behind the scenes that go unnoticed.

The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

I never yet knew the sun to be knocked down and rolled through a mud-puddle; he comes out honor-bright from behind every storm. Let us then take sides with the sun, seeing we have so much leisure.

Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to