Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

The future looks a bit bleak to me.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

Every villian is a hero in his own mind.

In the light of love, I find the glory of God’s grace.

Scotland is a soggy sort it place, where birds and animals walk around uncooked

I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

Harlem is filled with moments of history.

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

I kind of always wanted my own music to just sound like, like me, I suppose, like if I was music it would be the music I make, I think.

I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.

Certain blood will be given for half certain reasons, as in all wars.