I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.

I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.

I have no balance. My life is a hot mess.

Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the reason I read. I read for my own emotional and mental health. If I stopped reading, I'd probably just die.

You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.