They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Blood is not destiny.

She’d survived the Drowned Cities because she wasn’t anything like Mouse. When the bullets started flying and warlords started making examples of peacekeeper collaborators, Mahlia had kept her head down, instead of standing up like Mouse. She’d looked out for herself, first. And because of that, she’d survived.