To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying

Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things they are willing to do to support it.

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)

Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him...even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven...Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.

Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.