A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families

Every evening, I died, and every evening, I was born.

Opera?" Trelon asked tiredly, "What the hell is opera?" "I'll tell you what it is! It is the screeching of the death birds, that 's what it is!Capturing Cara (Dragon Lords of Valdier, #2)

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands.

I'm a New Yorker. I like the big streets and the big buildings. It's a great place to walk.

One is just given a talent, and it's one's duty to make the most of it.

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

By the time of the GDR's demise, two in every 13 citizens were informers.

He that searches for praise will often find contempt.

There can be no freedom for Africa without justice; and no justice without declaring war on Africa's poverty, disease and famine with as much vehemence as we remove the tyrant and the terrorist.