When the reader hears strong echoes of his or her own life and beliefs, he or she is apt to become more invested in the story.

We all float down here!

As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?

We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.

never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.

You pay for what you get, you own what you pay for... and sooner or later whatever you own comes back home to you.

Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.