And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?

Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!

I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.

Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.

Life is a gracious sacred-breathe.

Don't say mourning. It's too psychoanalytic. I'm not mourning. I'm suffering.

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.

In my entire life growing up I've never heard my dad say an unkind word about anyone. My father has always taken the high road in life and to me he's a complete inspiration without being a pushover.

No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.

At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died.

Adam was the luckiest man in the world. He had no mother-in-law.

People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged.

Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple

I'm very much over my hair. If it was up to me, I'd have cut it a long time ago.