Speculative fiction both requires and rewards an open mind.

I wondered: if I was so hell-bent on chaos, why would I adopt a military rank? Perhaps there was a part of me that needed rules, needed regulations and order.

Men may act as cruelly as dragons, but dragons will never act as men do.

Never accept help from a dragon. Dragons do not offer help. They offer fate.

This is what a castle sounded like when it died, and he knew he would never forget it.

This is the twilight shift, dear. Neither here nor there. But if you go into the dark, there'll be no turning back. Stay out of the office and you'll be happy. Trust me.

Your tills are talking to me and want me to take them home. Does this often happen?

Your fortune teller cursed me. Foul spirits haunt every supermarket I go to. I can't show my face in Morrisons.

All true Northerners should bare steel to their enemies, and stand true to the course they have chosen, for when the heart is divided by fear then the battle is already lost.

The real promise in too many promises is a promise that I’m going to be disappointed.

You have been in every way all that anyone could be... If anybody could have saved me it would have been you.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.

I feel I shall live a long time.

Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.

Happy Wednesday! Practice compassion. Lift others. Learn to encourage rather than criticize. You'll feel better when you help others feel better.