Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.

Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.

For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex.

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.

Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

Last year in the U.S. alone more than nine hundred thousand people were reported missing and not found... That's out of three hundred million, total population. That breaks down to about one person in three hundred and twenty-five vanishing. Every year.... Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's almost the same loss ratio experienced by herd animals on the African savannah to large predators.