They were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses but which can go on forever, if both parties are willing.

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.

I was bright, and I could use that as a weapon: words can wound, whatever those sticks and stones sayings claim about them never hurting, and I could use them if I had to.

In Hollywood, lying is something that people do like breathing.

You don't have to stay anywhere forever.

Books smell and feel better. They have that wonderful thingness of turning the pages.

I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.