Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.

Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.

Evil must always be fought.

My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

The only certainty life contains is death.

It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway—is it important to figure out that it isn’t a hallway?

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.

A woman’s elegance will charm you for days, her beauty will charm you for weeks, her grace will charm you for years, and her virtue will charm you for a lifetime.

Many of the greatest books are like a forest. “The best way to get to know them is to wander right into the middle and get lost.

Desire to give and not always receive.

Even if only one person’s respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile.

Nothing limits you like not knowing your limitations.

Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.

Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.

Everything is gratuitous, this garden, this city and myself. When you suddenly realize it, it makes you feel sick and everything begins to drift . . . that's nausea.

I don't enjoy trying things on, even though most times it's necessary. I tend to only shop online, which is so dangerous for me.