“I have heard people say that the truth can set you free. Somewhat ironically, that's a bloody lie. The truth locks you in, determines a set way of thinking, of feeling, of believing. The truth is the opposite of freedom. Lies, on the other hand, can be whatever we want them to be. Lies can free us from a burden that truth would bury us with. Lies can ease a pain that truth would cause to rot and fester. Lies can make a point, where truth would just expose us for the hypocrites we are, a lesson all parents know well. The world is founded on lie, upon lie, upon lie. But the truth is always there, just waiting for an opportunity to tear down everything we have built.” TruthLies Book:The Lessons Never Learned Source: The Lessons Never Learned
“Heroes were little more than fools waiting to find the one battle they couldn't win.” Heroes Book:Never Die Source: Never Die
“You cannot deal with grief, not really. It is not a monster you can slay and be done with. Grief is an ambush predator, and we are the prey. It stalks us our entire lives, hiding in smells and sounds, in solitude and in crowds. It waits in items and in thoughts. Memories are the hunting grounds of grief, and when it pounces, its bite is venomous. It inflicts sadness or rage or sometimes despair. But grief is not an adventurous predator. Always it stalks old memories, not new. And that is how we move on. New memories where it is not welcome.” Grief Book:Death's Beating Heart Source: Death's Beating Heart
“We can never adequately prepare our children for what the world will throw at them. Their lives deviate from ours in unfathomable ways and in the end, all we can do is hope that the strength we have nurtured within them is greater than the weaknesses we have inflicted upon them.” Children Book:Sins of the Mother Source: Sins of the Mother
“I hated the people offering stupid prayers to a creature that wouldn't even notice when it stepped on them. Do you think ants pray to terrans? Do you think they worship the boot that squashes them? No. They're smarter than that, than us. Ants know the inexorable truth of the situation: big thing from sky means danger, get the fuck out of the way.” GodsAnts Book:Sins of the Mother Source: Sins of the Mother