As long as people are talking instead of fighting, nobody loses very much blood—unless he happens to bite his tongue.

It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before?

I thought the trees down in Lady Zelana’s country were about as big as a tree could get, ” he said, “but the ones around here are so tall that they probably tickle the moon’s tummy when she goes by.

The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.

Don’t throw good ideas away until you’ve considered all of your options.

He can come up with the most exotic things I’ve ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes.

Life’s much more pleasing when you don’t have to spend all of your time thinking.

Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?” he asked.“Not if I can avoid it, no.

One man gathers what another man spills

Never once, did Christ ever utter, "I came here to start a religion"Early Christians did not worship items, relics, wars, or governments.

She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn't know what a terrible thing it is she's asking for.

Worse than getting kicked out of your slot to go on to a winning season is to lead during a losing one. Nobody wants to be king of the losers.

After 'Bridesmaids,' women know who I am.

I really like to keep my palette small but to be very intense, very myopic.

I want to believe in intelligent design, and hence I am suspicious of anything that seems to confirm my desire to believe.

Poets, when they write of love, give themselves and everyone else away!

A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.