Life is filled with secrets. You can't learn them all at once.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.

When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.

Everyone loves a conspiracy.

As strange as this may sound, I very seldom read fiction. Because my novels require so much research, almost everything I read is non - fiction - histories, biographies, translations of ancient texts.

If it wasn't painfully difficult, you did it wrong!