There are three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth somewhere in the middle.

People make their own reality. That was what Praxis had taught him years ago. A hundred people can witness the exact same event, and give two hundred and three different accountings of it.

When someone is drowning and you try to save them, they're more likely to drown you before you pull them out.

You aren’t old enough to have such regrets.”“Pain doesn’t respect age, my lady.

It’s amazing the damage we do to ourselves and others when all we’re trying to do is protect ourselves from being hurt.

Experience has tutored me well that most will lie or cheat to get the better hand. It's why I prefer solitude to social interaction. - Bethany

He might fight under my badge, Bet'anya, but you're the only one he would die for.

The most beautiful heart of all is the one that can still love even while it bleeds, and especially after its been broken into thousands of pieces

It's not fair!" (Ryssa)Because life was ever about fairness.Oh, to be as naive as his sister.

Silence is a giver

Time turned into a rope that unraveled as a languid spiral.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.

There is bound to be a regression toward the mean.

The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game.

If there's no world 'out there' what are you reacting to? Ask yourself that question every moment of every day when your peace is disturbed.

Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past has had no effect except to cloud my mind and make me indecisive

Two bones fell down my chimney and into the bedroom this morning. Hysterical thing to happen to a thriller writer. Murderous ravens perhaps?