“Aye, mate, do not expect speech to return so quickly. It takes time. And patience. And practice.The Enemy”

“Patience is the gift of possibility. Time is merely an illusion. People lack patience, which is why time becomes their enemy.”

“Patience Pays..Is true! But the greater truth is that it takes advance payment before it pays you in return!”

“Shards of emotional green shot through Talen’s golden eyes. “He did it for my mate. Eating a virus that might kill him. For my mate.” A pebble skipped across the cement when Talen kicked it. “I don’t know whether to hug him or punch him in the face.”Dage grinned. “Hell. It’s Kane. Do both.”Talen returned the grin, then quickly sobered.”

“Understanding the OODA loop enables a commander to compress time - that is, the time between observing a situation and taking an action. A commander can use the temporal discrepancy (a form of fast transient) to select the least-expected action rather than what is predicted to be the most effective action. The enemy can also figure out what might be the most effective. To take the least-expected action disorients the enemy. It causes him to pause, wonder, to question.”

“Stories are like wine; they need time. So take the time. This isn’t a hot dog eating contest. You’re not being judged on how much you write but rather, how well you do it. Sure, there’s a balance — you have to be generative, have to be swimming forward lest you sink like a stone and find remora fish mating inside your rectum. But generation and creativity should not come at the cost of quality. Give your stories and your career the time and patience it needs.”