Grapes are juicy. Strawberries. Oranges. Good pork chops are succulent," said Dusty. "But the word isn't accurately descriptive of a person." Smiling with delight, Ahriman said, "Oh, really, not accurately descriptive? Be careful housepainter. Your genes are showing. What if I were a cannibal?

Lies hurt people; imagination makes life more fun.

Loving the ideal more than the reality is the cause of all the misery the human species creates for itself.

There’s just something unsettling about studying your reflection. It’s not a matter of being dissatisfied with your face or of being embarrassed by your vanity. Maybe it’s that when you gaze into your own eyes, you don’t see what you wish to see—or glimpse something that you wish weren’t there.

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

You can't always win arguments as a writer, but you have to just go ahead and say, well, I'm doing it that way anyway.

The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock.