“Speak to yourself, for you are the only person who will truly understand.”

“I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.”

“But I know the rage that drives you. That impossible anger strangling the grief, until the memory of your loved ones is just poison in your veins. And one day you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed, so you'd be spared your pain.”

“Every one who has taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it that makes a difference.”

“He was dirty, his hair unkempt, his clothes stained with blood. Heroes in stories somehow managed to rescue maidens while looking like court dandies. Next time he went adventuring he'd remember to bring a comb.”

“Despise me not!And be not queasyTo praise somewhat:Verse is not easy.”

“There were no stars, or if they were they shone like volcanic glass.”