“...being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.”

“Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. ”

“It is written.”

“[I]appreciate a woman who knows when she's being coerced”

“Well, each interpretation of an event, setting or character is unique to each of those who read it because they clothe the author's description with the memory of their own experiences. Every character they read is actually a complex amalgam of people they've met, read or seen before - far more real than it can ever be just from the text on the page. Because every reader's experiences are different, each book is unique for each reader.”

“Don't let anyone tell you the future is already written. The best any prophet can do is to give you the most likely version of future events. It is up to us to accept the future for what it is, or change it. It is easy to go with the flow; it takes a person of singular courage to go against it.”

“It was written in the ancient RUNIX spell-language, and is read-only and can't be modified.”