I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.

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

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.

The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games and put them 'outside' of continuity or to integrate them. I chose the latter.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.