I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.

The hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

The idea was a splinter in my mind. Always there, always stinging, even when I wasn't conscious of it. Even when I wasn't thinking about it.

Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.

While appearing weak is okay, giving in to weakness is definitely not.

This problem, too, will look simple after it is solved.

I am thrilled to be 31, still running and having my daughter watch me even if it is on TV.

There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.

But if I lost you, it would devastate me as nothing else has or ever could. You have so much power over me and that’s frightening.

The problem with a job is that relying on others to give you a living is the biggest risk of all.

I've never met any strong critic of the United States anywhere in the world who gave us any credit for having limit on government.

If someone comes in and says, "What are you doing," if I'm honest, the answer is, "I don't know. But I'm doing THIS, don't know why."