“I'm writing the next novel in the Thanatology series, entitled the Lurking Man...Thank God for erasers.”

“Remember Alister, your arms aren’t long enough to box with God. Maybe one day you’ll realize that.” - Anna ~ The Cursed Man”

“...being in the same room with someone you love that is dying is to watch a part of your own self die.”

“In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.”

“If somebody writes a great poem, people don't run around applauding the pencil, saying 'Oh, what a great pencil'...I'm a pencil in God's hands.”

“Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.”

“That's what a little victory in psychiatry looks like. You slip into the shadows, dodging the mind's defense mechanisms, glad enough to take a half-step toward the truth. Behind the next word or the next glance may lurk the demon you seek, all in flames, desperate to be held, but set to flee. (8)”