He'd lived so long in anticipation of his own death that to contemplate his future was like standing at the edge of a cliff, staring into a vertiginous rush of open sky.

On a cloudless night, inky dark, with only a rind of a moon above, the Golem and the Jinni went walking together along the Prince Street rooftops.

It's his duty. A good healer can't pick and choose. If he can help, then he must.

A man might desire something for a moment, while a larger part of him rejects it. You'll need to learn to judge people by their actions, not their thoughts.

I'm going to tell you something I probably shouldn't.

She didn't see it because when it came to love, she saw what she wanted to see.

It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening.

When we care about people, we sometimes overstep our grounds.

I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about your books than you do!

I was in them million dollar meetings, he was cheatin. All up in the church, he was sneakin wit the deacon.

I can't imagine ever going back to working with somebody else.

How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.

I've been pretty transparent with all that I've done. I think my work speaks a lot for who I am. So, I don't think there's a particular thing I'd like them to know.