Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the Nine Worlds while committing suicide." "Well, there's no need to be rude," protested Sif.

Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.