Stefan shook his head. Th' lad's got guts , he thought. Not much sense, but guts.

He's got courage," Alex said.
"Courage!" Raoul bellowed. "That coward almost kills him and--

I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.

The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.

A crush is an illusion you give yourself when you can't face your fear of love

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.