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Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.

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If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)

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Err on the side of awesome.

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Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

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Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it a...more

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This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love...

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Clothing doesn't really change a man. But it changes how others react to him.

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By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I co...more

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The ending of a book is, in my experience, both the best and worst part to read. For the ending will often determine whether you love or hate the book...more

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People don't read anymore. And, when they do, they don't read books like this one, but instead read books that depress them, because those books are s...more

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We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you were a year ago? Well, who is? I'm sure not. We chang...more

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Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

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To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotio...more

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My life wasn’t just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently.

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If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he...more