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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down.

Never Give up Dreams

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

I'm not a political person, and their ambitions are not mine. They want power. I don't want power.

Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.