Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.