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.

When the term "machine gun" enters common parlance, the word "machine" becomes much more sinister.

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.

I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've also learned to making big-scale design decisions early.

it's not called the Rusty Ruins because some guy called Rusty found them.

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.

When she awoke, the world was on fire.