And I like a mouse who has taken a cat for its tutor.

Real power... comes not from hate, but from truth.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

I wouldn't back away from what's right just because it's hard.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?

So I suggest you stick close, pay attention, and avoid breaking the Terrorverse's only commandment: Thou shall not be stupid.

So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.

We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

I've been singing since I was 16 because I love it - I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There's a difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to sing well.

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.

Jesus was a great worker, and His disciples must not be afraid of hard work.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.

The light of friendship is like light of phosphorus, seen plainest when all around is dark.

It's tough getting older. You start falling apart, you know? My gums are starting to recede now. You can't tell tonight, though, 'cause I comb them forward.

Miracles cannot be explained, that is their miraculous nature.

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.