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.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

Certainly no one has ever died of an unrequited passion—it's usually the ones that are requited that get people in trouble.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

When warriors feel afraid they lack something, it is only because they are forgetful. They have forgotten how capable they truly are.