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The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.

Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.

Bad things can happen, and often do
but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages.

Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction.

You're a very odd man," said Bert.
"I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles.

Kind of bloodthirsty, don't you think, Charles?" said John.
"I'm an editor," said Charles. "I have to make decisions like that all the time.

Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again."
"Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?

Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the most at that moment.

I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.

I think that nonexistent mythological creature just broke some of your toes," Jack said.
Oh, shut up," said Charles

If you really want to do something, no one can stop you. But if you really don't want to do something, no one can help you

That's the thing about time travel - you're always moving forward, even when you go back.

If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign.

What the good Lord giveth, he also taketh away. Then he puts it back again.

Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you - and give it to you.

Prayers aren't for the deity ... They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.

That's one benefit of travelling to your own future, and making the trip part of your past.

The Cavelries hear and their short and furrie

If everything in the past has value, then there's no reason for regret, ever.

Live deliberately. Decide: are you the kind of person things happen to, or the kind of person who makes things happen?

Half there, and half not," Grimalkin said, having suddenly appeared over Burton's shoulder. "Sounds implausible to me.

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

Interesting doesn't always equal practical, but being practical is always less interesting.

Some of us got our reputations because we wrote good books or had clever publicists. He got his reputation through sheer hard work.

Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.

Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.

The single biggest advantage of being completely surrounded is that it gives you the opportunity to attack the enemy in any direction you choose.

That isn't a desperate act. That's a PLAN.

All stories are true. But some of them never happened.