Empty words show an empty mind, and silence speaks most eloquently of all.

What do they do for a village idiot when you're here?

Large men in black plate mail with red cloaks and plumes don't sneak worth a damn.

Violence is never the answer but sometimes, like with cockroaches, it is the only possible response.

Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.

Most people don't care who's in charge as long as someone is.

I tell you what I won't put up with. You chose how to behave.

All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very definitely not always safe.

The world tilted slightly sideways. 'I think I need to sit down.' The floor seemed like the best option. It was close and he'd already proved that he could hit it. His legs folded.

It took him forever to get to downtown Vancouver although Tony had to admit that saving the world by public transportation was a particularly Canadian way to do things.

I'm sorry." About what?" He shrugged, made uncomfortable by the question."I'm not sure. It's a Canadian thing.

Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

I hated being photographed and never wanted to go on red carpets, even though they always asked me to. My place was behind the scenes. I wasn't a diva. I preferred to look at life from the outside.

Black is a colour of power and strength.

I always have been introspective, since I was a little kid, since I could remember, I was sitting in a closet trying to write out the meaning of the universe. That's been my whole life.

A product which is unceremoniously wasted to landfill at end of life surely can't be considered good design!

Crossing barriers can be as simple as a smile.

Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.