But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.
Lady Placida smiled. History seldom takes note of serendipity when it records events. And from what I have heard, I suspect an argument could be made that you very much did earn the title.Many women h...
Graves aren't for the dead. They're for the loved ones the dead leave behind them. Once those loved ones have gone, once all the lives that have touched the occupant of any given grave had ended, then...
We're all so damned fragile.
Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone tries to steal my Star Wars poster? It's an original.Then I vindictiv...
Mortimer Lindquist seemed to have finally given in to the inevitable. I'd seen him with a bad toupee, and with an even worse comb-over, but this was the first time I'd seen him sporting a full-on Char...
I'm amazing and studly, but I have limits.
Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.
Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when...
There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.
There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.
Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.
I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent.
I'm afraid it isn't good news. The Council seems to have gone quite mad.
Her flawless pale skin was also spangled with gemstones. I don't know how they'd been attached, but they clung to her and sent little flashes of color glittering around the cavern when she moved. They...
There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.
If you turn into a hideous monster and I am sent to slay you, I will remember this and make it as painless as I can, out of respect for you.
What is going to happen to the Aurorans?They are prisoners of war, Albion said. I should imagine they will be set to work at the base of the Spire.Grimm tightened his jaw. No, sir.No?No, sir, Grimm sa...
On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of...
Epic sex? I sputtered. By what standards, precisely, is sex judged to be epic?And tons and tons of mortal simps like you used as pawns. Bob sighed happily, ignoring my question. There are no words. It...