In books there's nothing of the fish covered in the coldness of the sea, or the feeling of a star touching space. Bad for business.

A hundred percent of marriages end in divorce, disappearance or death.

A sniper is like a genius - it’s not enough to be one, you have to be one at something.

One thing you’ll say for skeletons, they’ll always give you a smile.

The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.

In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.

Biting enemies seems to be acceptable in a surprisingly narrow range of circumstances, or so a ninja shouted at me once

We have truth in order not to die of art.

He has been positively growing tusks trying to create a breed of human insect which will continue to live on this accursed planet. Everyone needs a goal.

Dreams always end before you kill the last person.

Fractal litigation, whereby the flapping of a butterfly’s wings on one side of the world resulted in a massive compensation claim on the other.

Smoking is indispensable if one has nothing to kiss

Understand ... I don't hate her, I hate what she's become. I hate her illness.

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

Do you ever feel like screaming?' Clary asked him [Jace]. 'Some of the time.

I wish I hated my own sin as much as I hate everyone else's.

To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.

Finding inner success is the best, easiest and infact the only way to achieve and enjoy everything else in life.

It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.