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“Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.”
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“Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.”
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“A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.”
Source : Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Three plays”
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“I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.”
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“Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.”
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“Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard, a warrior, and a rich guy. Otherwise who's going to pay for all the swords and spells and hotel rooms?”
Source : Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.76, Atlantic Books Ltd
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“An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on the lawn; A print of a vermilion foot; A purple finger on the slope; A flippant fly upon the pane; A spider at his trade again; An added strut in chanticleer; A flower expected everywhere ...”
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“In my twenties, I was a huge, insane risk-taker.”
Source : "Q&A - James Ransone (Damon Callis)". www.amc.com. 
