The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.

An enemy always represents a weakness. This might be fear of physical pain, but it could also be a premature sense of victory or the desire to abandon the fight because it is no longer worthwhile.

All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready.

Because a warrior of light knows that he has duties and responsibilities.

I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books.

And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.

Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a "powerful personality."