For the hand of a beauty with honest words and sensibilities so mighty.“Though your mother and father had hoped for something more fragile (and flighty),

He loves her for everything she is and is not. She’s old enough to appreciate that.

When asked my advice as I stroll through the town, “A good lady knows how to take a political assassin down.

It is interesting how one word can spark memories that one believes she has buried beyond recognition.

She had the feeling, the tingling, lingering sense that something or someone life altering was just over the horizon. She had no idea what it was, but she wanted to rush headlong to bring it to her.

They never say this, but it’s true, it was raining the first time I saw you.

We live in a magic time, Kanefionn Stoneweaver. Who is to say that it is not you who create these marvels?

Holding on to weight (i.e. anger, bitterness, the past, hatred) will not only hold you back, but also block your blessings. You've got to let some things go to move forward.

The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo.

You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.

The idiot had shot their own dog. That’s what happened when the destructive potential of a man’s weapons exceeded his intelligence.

Nobody heeds danger when they're making money.

Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.

I am not a serious person. I don't claim any profundity for any of my writing.

Art is always, even at its most repulsive, an impassioned cry of love.

When I was writing Caramelo the last couple of years, a sixty-hour work week was normal. And now I'm lucky if I have eight hours.