He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.

You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.

One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we don't know. Ideas can come at any time and from any direction: in the shower, waiting for an elevator, or while bouncing across Wikipedia pages.

Lilt pulled away. "I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it..." She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. "Have we all gone mad to want this?

Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.

Their reasons don't mean anything unless I have a choice.

Her only way home was to betray her friend.