When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

The future looks a bit bleak to me.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

Sometimes you have to put yourself in other people’s shoes to really understand the hardships of their souls.

The heart is natures most immense untapped resource. Utilising the power of the heart is the most significant choice you will make in life.

And he always checks that he carries three things with him: faith, hope, and love.

Find one correct answer and let the rest disappear.

Consistency is nice, I think, personally. I like to be consistently happy. I like to be consistently more aware and more conscious of the truth.

He had an eternity to play that ball... but he took too long over it.

In England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal!

The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.

We are told we must choose - the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the new?

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.