Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one knows my ability the way I do. I am pushing against it all the time.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shadows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.

You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that's not your business. They should've trained you for this, and not for flower-strewn streets. They should have built your soul with truth, not led along with lies.

This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me.