“You are never the same person stepping out of a book, that you were when you first stepped in.”

“Ending a series is a difficult one .......where should a story that you have followed for so long end? When do you step away from the characters and let the readers decide their fate from there? When they can stand on their own is my only answer for that.”

“You gonna make it? Fallon asked Brody, eyeing him. He looked two steps from the grave. Well, if I don't, you guys feel free to eat me. A little meat would do you good. These damn veggies ain't doing shit.”

“...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That's finesse.”

“I need you to do something. It's dangerous.""Yeah, because I am feeling really safe behind my tiny tree.”

“Oh, you know Andy. He wouldn't feel sorry for himself if he got his hand cut off. He told me it could have been worse." Andy's favorite line: it can always get worse.”

“The neighborhood is pretty rough." I rubbed the hair on the back of my neck feeling a little ashamed about that. We tried to keep it as clean as we could but we weren't saints."I'm starting to gather that. Thanks, Clay. Night.""Night.""You got it bad man.”