“. . . the only way to shake your ghosts was to find them . . .”

“In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range”

“Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.”

“Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.”

“The key to fighting in the dark is no different: you had to perceive your opponent, sense him, and never use your imagination. The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.”

“She's read every word I've written," he said. "That's the truest way to know someone's heart.”

“Writing is hard work, and if anything's true about the process, it's that fact that a good story is hard to find and even trickier to get on paper. What's less romantic than staring alone at a blank screen? And edgy? I've changed the cat little because I didn't know what my characters were going to say next.”