“nothing can save
you
except
writing.
it keeps the walls
from
failing.”

“Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.”

“Come on and save me…
Why don't you save me?
If you could save me,
From the ranks of the freaks,
Who suspect they could never love anyone,
Except the freaks,
Who suspect they could never love anyone,
Except the freaks,
Who could never love anyone.”

“What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person.”

“That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.”

“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”

“Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!” Ben barked. “Please keep doing that!” Hi warbled.”

“If you are in front of a wall that you cannot get past, would you just keep banging your head into the wall?... No, you would find a new wall.”

“You fail only if you stop writing.”

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”