Her courage was a guise. She wondered if courage always was, or if there were those who truly felt no fear.

Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn’t hurt.)

You mean he came to your school? The scandalous rodent-loaf!

...I crave a shawl." He was tense with anger but his hands remained gentle at her waist. He said, "I can make you a shawl." She cocked her head. "You knit? Well. That's an unusual accomplishment in a soldier.

When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.

Did you know that mako shark fetuses eat each other in the womb?... Its true. Only cannibal fetuses survive to be born. Can you imagine if people were like that?