Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms.

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.

The longer you live, the more likely you are to have something to say.

Downstream is always someone else's up.

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

My father wears his faith like the bronze breastplate of God's footsoldiers while our mother's is more like a good cloth coat with a secondhand fit.