Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him

You shouldn't let him hit you so much" observed saphira "Yes I realize that'" he growled. "Do you want me to knock him over for you?" "No...not today.

It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.

I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies

To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.

I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.