That's a shame, said Bert, to run out of crackers before you've run out of emergency.
Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.
Bad things can happen, and often do--but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages.
I know, said Peter. Perhaps better than anyone. But you can’t stay a child forever. To choose to speak into Echo’s Well is to choose illusion. To choose to avoid the responsibilities of being an adult...
All stories are true. But some of them never happened.
It ain't bragging if you've done it. There's nothing wrong with being proud of doing something well. In fact, if you intend to do something creative for a living, it's absolutely essential.[check for...
I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.
Kind of bloodthirsty, don't you think, Charles? said John.I'm an editor, said Charles. I have to make decisions like that all the time.
That's one benefit of travelling to your own future, and making the trip part of your past.
A really well-done first draft of a book bares your soul. The purpose of revision is so that everyone who reads the published version believes you were writing about theirs.
Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.
said Jack matter-of-factly. "I'm a man. We're made to think more quickly." ...Aven swung her fist and clocked Jack square on the chin, knocking him backward into the balloon, which was still under rep...
The single biggest advantage of being completely surrounded is that it gives you the opportunity to attack the enemy in any direction you choose.
If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign.
You're a very odd man, said Bert.I get that more often than you'd think, replied Charles.
Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.
Prayers aren't for the deity...They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.
The Cavelries hear and their short and furrie
Sometimes, it is not about guarding something of value that is important, but rather, being a valuable guard, so that when that thing comes along that needs guarding, there is no question.
That isn't a desperate act. That's a PLAN.