But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.

No good ever comes from putting up walls. What people mistake for safety is in fact captivity. And few things thrive in captivity.

I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.

Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. so when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make

When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.

Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality.