“But if you cross me again Akil, so-help-me, Ill find a way to kill you this time.His eyes lit up at the prospect, as though hed accepted a challenge I didnt even know Id laid down. Id expect nothin...”

“The lust for chaos wrenched reason from my mind. She wanted the power Id called before. She wanted to burn it all; to slice open the veil and summon the fires of hell to dance for her. She burned f...”

“Get off that damn chair and pull yourself together. You're supposed to be an ageless creature of chaos and all I'm getting right now is sulking city boy.”

“Fighting demons is what I do; real, and those in my head.”

“Beat me, hurt me, fight me and Ill bounce back, but be nice to me? I folded quicker than a banker in a high-stakes poker game.”

“But if you cross me again Akil, so-help-me, I’ll find a way to kill you this time.”His eyes lit up at the prospect, as though he’d accepted a challenge I didn’t even know I’d laid down. “I’d expect...”

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innume...”

“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are fac...”

“If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!”

“To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start.”

“Laughing in my ear is a muse amused by how I paint her whims on paper with silly words.”