“Rejection is a writer's best friend. If you are not failing regularly, you are living so far below your potential that you're failing anyway.”

“He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer, my sustainer and my dependent, and scariest of all, my equal.”

“We must therefore be willing to get shaken up, to submit ourselves to the dark blossomings of chaos, in order to reap the blessings of growth.”

“Startled, I flinched "What are you doing?""Keeping you from going postal.""You're doing it wrong.”

“Being a writer is like being in a relationship. If you're not 100% committed to your writing, you will fail to be the best that you can be.”

“It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.”

“I don't know who-what-I am anymore.""You're mine. That's all you need to understand." His grasp tightened around Gabriel like steel bands. "Mine to feed, mine to fuck. Mine to play with, punish, and protect. Say it." Gabriel's breath locked in his chest at his furious growl. The shifter snarled Gabriel's name against the tender skin of his throat in stark warning. Gabriel's heart thudded."I'm yours," he gasped, scrambling to remember it all. "Yours to feed, yours to fu-" Gabriel shouted when the sharp teeth pierced him. His dick happily stirred.”