Miles is... Miles; close to a force of nature, climbing up out of his own pages and escaping subordination to any opinion of mine.

My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.

The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.

Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it.

I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.

Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.