Guilt-tripping people does not work; they tend to be turned off.
Wha-what?" Her eyes fluttered open. "Nothing," I shouted. "We're being followed by a slaying machine. Go back to sleep.
Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.
Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
Just because you don't see me doesn't mean I wasn't there
I enjoy writing about people falling in love, probably because I think the first time you fall in love is the first time that you have to figure out how you're going to orient your life. What are you going to value? What's going to be most important to you? And I think that's really interesting to write about.
The papers are portraying Rafa as a parrot, just like they did when they showed Graham Taylor as an onion
Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree
When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities. ' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.