...and when you’ve known me longer, you’ll learn that I mean everything I say.” “Even the lies?” “Especially the lies.

Remember, whatever the price...I'll beat it! I like living! Tyrion Lannister

You mistake patience for forbearance.

Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.

'Dreamsongs' allows me to show the scope of my writing - with personal commentary that puts the works in context and includes some autobiographical details intended to reveal how each piece came to be, what it represents, and how it has formed, or been informed by, my philosophy of writing.

Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger.

His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night.