“Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.”

“Id me didn't have to be concerned with long-term consequences. He was my instinctive, primitive self, driven by my most primal impulses. I wondered, briefly, if 'id' and 'idiot' came from the same ...”

“One ravishing dark-haired beauty wearing leather pants and strategically applied electrical tape, stared hard at me and, when she saw me looking, licked her lips very, very slowly. She trailed a fi...”

“You're going to have to take care of yourself," Karrin said quietly. "Over the next few weeks. Rest. Give yourself a chance to heal. Keep the wound on your leg clean. Get to a doctor and get that a...”

“Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the light.”

“I know you haven't burned down any buildings in a while," she said, "but if you start feeling the need...”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.”

“I'm pretty into computers. I used to be a lot more into it when I was younger.”

“I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence.”

“This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it 'to the editor who can appreciate my work' ...”

“Where there is contempt/scornful rejection and slander, there wealth will not remain.”

“Rejection is part of the game. Or rather, rejection is part of the profession. A profession which at times can feel like a game.”