Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

You did not bring down two of the royal guard in an unceremonious heap because the woman in the middle tripped.

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

I'm not afraid of heights, but the idea of falling from them, well, that I'm afraid of.

I thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule.

Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.

...you don't need ghosts to be haunted. Memory does that just fine without any supernatural help at all.