Like the minor poet who knows the meanness of his gift, I am doomed to a lifetime of frustration: to be able to comprehend beauty, but not create it.

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?" "In compassion. Because of necessity." Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. "The same way you carry water.

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.

BLINDSIGHT is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and human hearts without breaking stride.

You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.