Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.

Some days you go bear hunting and you get eaten. Some days you come home with a nice rug to roll around on, and bear steaks. What they don't tell you as a kid is that sometimes you get the rug and steaks, but you also get some nice scars to go with them. As a child you don't understand that you can win, but that's it's not always worth the price. Once you understand and accept that possibility you become a real grown up, and the world becomes a much more serious place. Not less fun, but once you realize what can go wrong, it's a lot scarier to go hunting "bears".

Out last chance is a cat's magic sight. We are doomed.

He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

You can never have too much coffee”, I said He turned and smiled at me. “You think so, but the rest of us get a little OD’ed on your level of caffeine.

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print

Important safety tip - never look a vampire in the eye.