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Battles are won by men. Wars are won by strategists.

Abruptly feeling as if his tongue were too thick for his mouth.

We only part to meet again.

Impatience and stupidity claim more victims than any weapon.

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

that Isis and Osiris are not their parents,

Here words can kill - literally.

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

I'm always writing - its what I like to do. But when I'm not writing, I'm reading.

In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

Distance makes everything beautiful.

Knowledge itself is never dangerous, it is how that knowledge is used that is dangerous

This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.

Life goes on. E-mail stops for no man

Josh was ordinary. But ordinary teens did not find themselves in the middle of a battle between two incredibly ancient magicians.

Seasick," Scatty mumbled. "That's exactly what it feels like. Only worse.

I never avoid something that challenges my guts and my heart. While I might occasionally puke my guts out, I have never puked my heart out.

Everything she touched either crumbled to dust or dissolved into a powder that gave off spores. The

Is there a God? If not, what are all these churches for? And who is Jesus' dad?

He who retreats lives longer.

The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.

There are certain words that should never be spoken, names that should never be used. Old things. Undead things.

Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?"
Machiavelli shook his head.
"Mars, what about you? Any advice?"
"Yes. Don't.

He had gone beyond frightened, past terrified, and straight to petrified.

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

Anger clouded judgement.

There is no such thing as an appropriate joke. That's why it's a joke.

Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice ... strike three.

Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

I can see a sticker on the back of that truck! Would you like me to tell you what it says? I just want to be normal again! Like you!

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

Do I want to be feared or loved? That's a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

Only the conscious mind sleeps - the unconscious is always aware.

The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind's greatest strength.

My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world. And that's why God made so many.

Whereas we have other, somewhat older, but equally useful skills. He

Coffee is the great incentivizer in the office.

It's always best to fight just one battle at a time. You win more that way.

Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!

Video et taceo,' he said

I am a great believer that all the primary research has to be done before principle writing begins. I'm a huge advocate of plotting.

The Egyptians got it wrong. They wrapped the dead. They did not realize I wrapped the living.

Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.

Love is the water of life, drink deeply.

I'm very fast. I'm like Forest Gump, except ... I am not an idiot!

When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.

The two that are one, the one that is all!

That is the curse of immortality: to watch the world change, to see everything you know wither.

Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.

But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

Humans were never meant to be vegetarian, Hel bubbled, her face and fangs black with fluids.

not all monsters wear bestial shapes. Don

The best lie is wrapped around a core of truth.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.

The only time I set the bar low is for limbo.

I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.

I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.

Immortality is a curse. It is heartbreaking. You cannot afford to get close to people.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

The promise given was necessity of the past: the word borken is a necessity of the present -Niccolo Machiavelli

No man is ever just one thing.

You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded.

He said I wasn't living. I was just surviving. And you know one thing, he's right

In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done

I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

But what science cannot understand, it dismisses.

Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel.

We're all homos. Homo sapiens.

Perenelle shuddered. You know I hate leprechauns more than almost anything.

It is St. Patrick's Day. And here in Scranton, that is a huge deal. It is the closest that the Irish will ever get to Christmas.

It is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.

You know I hate disappointing even one person, and I really hate disappointing everyone but I love burlington coat factory

The biggest challenge in working together is simply listening;

Campus ... brings back so many memories that I would ... have made ...

I am legend. Death has no claim over me, illness cannot touch me.

Just you wait till I tell Mother!

You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

I'm not a bad guy ... I'm just good guy that runs over women with his car.

Make friends first, make sales second, make love third. In no particular order.

He'd never heard of a demon with freckles before.

And when in doubt, Josh, follow your heart. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this ... This is always true.

First up, the lost and found has gone missing. It itself, is lost. So please try not to lose anything until we find it.

I don't plan. Anyone in my way can either step aside or I will step over them.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

Wikipedia is the best thing ever.

And Dora pushed the mirror, sending it shattering to the floor. "Whoops.

It is better to exist unknown to the law.'

The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.