She almost never said his name. Because it made the dreams too real. Because it made the loneliness too tangible when she woke up.

You chase off every man that’s ever been interested, and you do it without even trying.

The thinner the excuse, the fatter the reason for it.

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

Fiction writing is an act of imagination, lived experience is secondary in many ways, writing a novel really is all about inventing worlds and people.

Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial.

There is no right way to do a wrong thing.

Like a horse, honey, somebody's gonna break you.' 'Never. Going. To. Happen.

You have to buy off interest groups, compromise your ideals, and settle for half loaves...

Lady love, your love is peaceful like the summers breeze.

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals