Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.

Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.

Demonreach only wants Harry to see what's going on." "Why doesn't it just marry him?" Thomas muttered under his breath. "It sort of did," I said. "My brother the... geosexual?

I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.

When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.

The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.