“People are good at building bridges and finding their way across rivers. So it is with life, you study your problem, then figure out a way around it.”

“To take a risk is like jumping off of a cliff, you either land softly or die. But either way, that jump is a hell of a ride with the best view.”

“Beginning a new book is always a test of my expectations. The turn of a single page can lift me up or ruin me for the rest of the day.”

“You can find God, make as much money as God or be as good-looking as God, and you'll still need to figure out a way to pack the emotional baggage you were handed when you were a kid.”

“Rynn Cormel had run the world during the Turn, his living charisma somehow crossing the boundaries of death to give his undead existence an uncanny mimicry of life. Every move was a careful study of causality. It was highly unusual for so young an undead vampire to be so good at mimicking having a soul. I figured it was because he was a politician and had had practice way before he died.”

“Rachel, you summon demons. You’re good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It’s not going to go away.”

“No,” he admitted, and my instincts sang out at his reluctance. “That’s across the hall.” Crutch swinging, I started for the door, almost pushing Quen out of my way. “Just over there, you say?” I said,”