no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed

the act does not create guilt unless the mind is also guilty.

At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.

We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.

You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.