The most dangerous kind of man is not the one who spent his youth shoving others around. That kind of man gets lazy, and is often too content with his life to be truly dangerous. The man who spent his youth being shoved around, however … When that man gets a little power and authority, he often uses it to become a tyrant on par with the worst warlords in history.

Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

Oh, I’m just a happy person.

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.

Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)

They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute - so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.