The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.

I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their own right, their telltale horns having grown inward to facilitate their disguise.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth.

...in an infinite universe, anything that could be imagined might somewhere exist.

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?