I healed. Not completely. A scar is never the same as good flesh, but it stops the bleeding.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

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.

Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world or a character. They do become our best friends. I've probably spent more time with them over the past 22, 24 years than I have spent with most of the real members of my family.

Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.

Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less.

Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage is about facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right. ~Amber