Quotes from Chuck Wendig

He just—he takes it all on the chin sometimes. Emotionally, I mean. I think his therapist calls it 'empathic,' I dunno. It's hard on him, even looking at the news—whatever bad news is going on that day. It's a burden. Wears him down.

competitive exclusion (n) 1. a situation in which one species competes another into extinction.

Chaos begets chaos begets chaos.

The times we live in often dictate the type of entertainment we seek -- and we're starting to slide once more into a very dark and scary corner of American life.

It's all elbows, Paul. Death and elbows.

The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness. —Robert Green Ingersoll

it was a concept album from 1989 based off The Gunslinger by Stephen King—featuring songs like 'Different Seasons' and 'Mohaine Desert.

Do not assume tomorrow will come. Car crash, heart attack, panda mauling; no promises that you'll see the day after today. What you do get is today. You're here right now, so don't waste it. Today is always the day you have. Tomorrow is always a day away. Something-something

her conversation coming so fast that words at the back of each sentence struggled to get ahead of the words at the front.

Look like chick books." "And you're a chick, so what's the problem?" She laughs. "Well, you've got beans and franks, or so I assume." "Hey," he says, suddenly all serious. "Reading books by female authors does not limit my macho vibe. Plus, bitches write the best characters, man. It's like they get people, you know?

Past the crucifix on the wall with the poor, scary man named Jesus who hangs there, bleeding.

Gravel popped like popcorn under

Protest, he thought, was sometimes targeted, yes. A singular message put out against bad men and worse behavior. Other times, it served as a wordless, senseless exhortation—an expression of a problem that was not yet fully understood.

Unhealthy societies quashed truth-tellers, hid facts, and curtailed debate (often at the end of a sword or rifle). Information, as the saying went, wanted to be free.

Of course, Admiral Ackbar is a student of history, and in many cases smaller, lesser forces have outmatched and outfoxed their betters. The Ghostfinder fleet versus the Sith armada. The Mandalorians versus the Grand Army of the Republic. And, of course, the Rebel Alliance versus the Empire. History

That was a pretty good laptop, but Reagan's glad to lose it. Sometimes sacrifices must be made in the search for sweet lulz

That was key, he long felt, to an informed society, one that cleaved to both empathy and critical thinking: access to information. Simply being able to know things—true things!—meant the world to him.

Don't judge me, Captain Judgeypants. I go there for the sandwiches.)

Dad wouldn't be able to find his own butt with a map and a fully charged Ass Detector.

Mean eyes, angry eyes, eyes that had nothing but suspicion flashing in them like light off spent bullet casings.

Most people aren't good or evil, really, they're just messy and complicated. Inside you are two wolves, and both of them are very confused about everything all of the time. So for the most part, give people a break when you can.

You did what you could and held faith that it would get better. Sometimes it did. A lot of times, it didn't.

Everything has gone wayward. Sliding sideways into entropy.

Janey knows how to install new memory in her little MacBook Air laptop.