Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.

I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.

Cure for writer's block: blow something up(in the story)

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

Hard work's a good distraction.

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.