She said she promised her mother that she would never drink a drop of wine. That was the drop she never drank.

We’re headed for Aleph-7. Panty raid.” New slang term for the type of operation whose main object was to gather Tauran artifacts, and prisoners if possible. I tried to find out where the term came from, but the one explanation I got was really idiotic.

It was the cat, who had the usual talent for hiding from people who like cats and cleaving unto those who have sinus trouble or just don’t like sneaky little animals.

Don’t ‘write what you know.’ Make up something new!

Have you had your first baby yet? I might have one myself, once they find a way for the man to carry it around the first nine months.

War is the province of danger and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior, von Clausewitz maintained.

Bad books on writing tell you to ‘write what you know’, a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

Don’t worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket.

Some are born crazy,” Amelia said. “Some achieve craziness. We had craziness thrust upon us.

There may or may not be a God, but if there is one, I wouldn’t want to have him over for dinner.