If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.

The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start The tragedy starts from the very first spark Losing your mind for the sake of your heart

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell.

Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.

The first love is the difficult love.