I believe God put that itchy spot on our backs just exactly where we can't reach it in order to encourage us be nice to each other.

If this power could be used for good, it wouldn't be this power.

If there is no willingness to use force to defend civil society, it's civil society that goes away, not force.

So many problems are solved simply by knowing enough verbs.

Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.

Just because you’re on their side doesn’t mean they’re on your side.

If you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right.