During my last year of college I wrote the same ten pages over and over again. Those ten pages became the first few pages of my first novel. I can still recite the opening paragraph from memory - only now I cringe when I do it because they are - surprise! - a classic example of overwriting, in addition to being a more than a little pretentious.

It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions." She was lecturing him, so she stopped. "Sorry. Hang around with Bran too long, and see if you don’t start passing around the Marrok’s advice as if he were Confucius.

Happiness is German engineering, Italian cooking, and Belgian chocolate.

Honey, ... When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy.

Humans, werewolves, or, apparently, vampire, it doesn't matter; get more than three of them together and the jockeying for power begins.

You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.