Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.

A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.

The wives of Spartans are the secret pillars of the world."--Odd Thomas

Home was not a perfect place. But it was the only home they had and they could hope to make it better.

mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property. If we've come so far that we can create as God creates, then we have to learn to act with the justice and mercy of God.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.