Quotes from Tim Lebbon

I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum.

If you do not fear God, then fear your dreams, because they're how He talks to you.

To the discovered, the discoverer can be a god.

Humans crave knowledge, and when that craving ends, we are no longer human.

Dreams are life, real life, not simply reflections. Dreams are honest.

Your life is a blank, and you're barely a shade across it.

Between a gasp and a sigh, a life can change forever.

Love is a warm brain, not a leaping heart.

Hate misleads, fear distorts and love blinds.

Love is harsh, and it consumes. And more than anything, it demands sacrifice.

Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.

Kasyanov, I think I've made it pretty clear," Lachance said. "Our attitude controls is damaged beyond repair, retro capability is down to thirty percent. Several containment bulkheads are cracked, and there's a good chance if we initiate thrust we'll just flash-fry ourselves with radiation." He paused briefly. "We do still have coffee, though. That's one positive.

I realised that everyone and everything out there had a story, and that most stories would never be told.

He had found his monsters, and now was the time to leave them behind.

All her life she had known that books were living things, not just a convergence of concept and ink, intellect and paper. They did not breathe or think, but they grew and gave a sense of potential so much larger than whatever was written on their pages.

Standing just behind them, pretending to be a part of their group and yet so obviously not, was a shape that did not belong.

Antibiotics, viral tabs, painkillers, sterilisation spray," Kasyanov said. "Other stuff. Bandages, medicines, contraceptives. Hoop raised an eyebrow. "Hey. Forever is a long time.

We'll start a whole new human race," Hoop quipped. "With respect, Hoop, I believe Ripley would eat you alive.

Level 4," Lachance said. "Lingerie, footwear, monsters, and beasties.

Pain was a difficult concept to conjure in memory, Hoop had said. Like tasting the best cake ever. Such thoughts only really meant anything when the tasting-or the pain- was happening.

Pride is a dangerous indulgence.

I am the Reverend, the note said in a spidery scrawl. Would you like to join my flock of the Hushed?

Everyone was doomsdaying today. *

A Je'daii needs darkness and light, shadow and illumination, because without the two there can be no balance. Veer to Bogan, and Ashla feels too constraining, too pure; edge toward Ashla, and Bogan becomes a monstrous myth. A Je'daii without balance between both is no Je'daii at all. He, or she, is simply lost.