If I had a dog that was sick as often as you are, I'd put it down," he observed kindly.

Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words.

I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world.

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

Your future. It awaits only you, to live it and to write it. - Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb

When you are writing, you have to love all your characters. If you're writing something from a minor character's point of view, you really need to stop and say the purpose of this character isn't to be somebody's sidekick or to come in and put the horse in the stable. The purpose of this character is you're getting a little window into that character's life and that character's day. You have to write them as if they're not a minor character, because they do have their own things going on.

You can be the dead fish. I'll be the old stick