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

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

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

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.

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.

Our parting was like a stalemate….Neither of us won. Yet both of us lost.And worse still … that unshakable feeling that nothing was ever really finished.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

What was it like to wake up after having never gone to sleep? That was when you were born.

Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.

Now I'm able to align my work and creative life with who I am.

During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland

French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.

I like to focus on the varieties of paper, the different sizes and watermarks, evidence perhaps of what was typed when and sometimes where and by whom.

Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.