You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.

Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

Like the minor poet who knows the meanness of his gift, I am doomed to a lifetime of frustration: to be able to comprehend beauty, but not create it.

BLINDSIGHT is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and human hearts without breaking stride.

If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?" "In compassion. Because of necessity." Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. "The same way you carry water.

She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?""In compassion. Because of necessity." Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. "The same way you carry water.

You know, " he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

She was alive. She was alive, and she had found her power — or it had found her.Tomorrow’s problems she’d take care of tomorrow.

Renee was beautiful, but she was my friend now. On the other hand, Annette was my friend, but now she was beautiful. makes about as much sense as anything ever does with girls

Design is more than meets the eye. Design is about communicating benefits. Design is not about designers. Design is not an ocean it's a fishbowl. Design is creating something you believe in.

Now you know how much my love for you burns deep in me when I forget about our emptiness, and deal with shadows as with solid things.

The media is the thought-form of the technological society, and it finds nothing it does to be laughable, a sure sign that it is not human.

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor.

Acceptance is the only way out of hell.

Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.

I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.