Cars did not kill off horses. Digital publishing will not kill off books.

— Michael A. Stackpole

Few and far between are the books you'll cherish, returning to them time and again, to revisit old friends, relive old happiness, and recapture the magic of that first read.

— Michael A. Stackpole

I have nothing against kids—as long as they go home with their parents at the end of the day.

— Michael A. Stackpole

Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death, it is the sum and total of all we make of it.

— Michael A. Stackpole

Selflessness is the only antidote to evil. It provides the light that destroys the dark.

— Michael A. Stackpole

The day after we returned from Born Fist I woke up, and I want either one of them anymore. Somewhere in between a girl I thought was long dead and a woman that was too bloodthirsty for me to particularly like. But I thought about all that had happened the day before and decided that I liked being alive. So I wanted to than you for not letting me die.

— Michael A. Stackpole

The nice thing about being an adolescent is being able to make mature decisions when you need them and being able to just flow alone with life when you don't.

— Michael A. Stackpole

This is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a living creature can commit.

— Michael A. Stackpole

Your intentions will be good. Without consideration and forethought, however, your actions could still be evil. That is the problem, of course, evil is always easy and resisting it is never so. Evil is relentless; and anyone, if they tire, if they are not vigilant, can fall prey to it.

— Michael A. Stackpole