He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me." Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.

Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

America was, to them, the place that good people went to when they died. They were prepared to believe just about anything could happen in America.

I love religion. I could make up religions all day. I sort of think that in an ideal world I'd like to be a religion designer. I'd like people come up to me and say, I need a religion. I'd go talk to them for a while, and I'd design a religion for them. That would be a great job. There's a need for people like that. Fortunately, seeing that one can't actually do it, I get paid for sort of making them up anyway.

I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just were.

I was a stranger and you took me in. -Joji G. Shoji, d. 1921

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.