0 God assist our side: at least avoid assisting the enemy and leave the rest to me.

He didn't pick her

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

The potential for engaged learning is inversely proportionate to the knowability of the outcome.

The starred and stately nights seemed haughty dames in jewelled velvets, nursing at home in lonely pride, the memory of their absent conquering Earls, the golden helmeted suns!

Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.

What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.

You know, most girls sleep with a teddy bear or an extra pillow. But I gotta say, that's kinda hot.