We are more than the parts that form us.

When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.

The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know the where all that dragon food comes from, but that doesn't mean that I, as a reader, want to read a five thousand word essay about you explaining it to me. I don't need to see the math, but I can tell by the details you provide whether or not you've thought these things through to their logical conclusions.

There is some conflict between religion and science in my world, but that's nothing new. Science, at its root, is a rational discipline. Religion, on the other hand, is fundamentally trans-rational. Both of them attempt to solve problems, but since their methodology is vastly different, they can't help but come into conflict.

It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

If I talk about what I'm good at, I seem like I'm a conceited egomaniac.