I know the universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you get reminded just how sadistic that can be.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

You cannot reach God until you begin to pay attention to humans

If the caterpillar could not see beyond his present state, he would never become a butterfly.

I had had my night of weeping...I had purged myself of useless emotions that terrible night, now every nerve every sinew, every thought was bent on a single purpose

You can forget how to hate, but you can never forget how to love.

Life is painting a picture not doing a sum.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution.

The terror drifted over georgetown like the sun over a blind mans eyes

The moon ... is a mad woman holding up her dress So that her white belly shines. Haughty, Impregnable, Ridiculous, Silent and white as a debauched queen.