The Creativity of Authors

I'm reading Linda Howard's "Burn". Ms. Howard crafts good, solid writing—characters who are believable and a plot that draws you in and keeps you turning the pages or, in my case, pressing the "Play" button.

I'm not enamored of the creativity of her writing, as I sometimes am with books I pick up. But occasionally she comes up with statements by her characters that just grab my ear.

So, on this snowy morning—day after day, flake upon flake, where you just want to scream to Mother Nature, "Turn off the damned snow machine!"—I give you one clever turn of phrase by Ms. Howard:

"You're a demon. You know that?", he said with feeling.

When your feet hit the floor every morning, I'll bet the devil shudders and says, 'Oh, shit! She's awake.'"

Isn't that terrific writing? Don't you have more than a few people in your life you could say that to?