and when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

As an author, one of the most important things I think you can do once you've written a novel is step back. When the book is out, it belongs to the readers and you can't stand there breathing over their shoulders.

I feel like I could eat the world raw.

Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

. . .nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity.

I lay back and tried not to think of the minutes passing. Just yesterday we had a wealth of them. Now each was a drop of heartsblood lost.