But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.

Do not dare not to dare.

Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!

But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another.

We are a little land. And little lands on the borders of a great empire were always hateful to the lords of the great empire. He longs to blot them out, gobble them up.

And this new air was so delicious, and all his old life seemed so far away, that he forgot for a moment about his bruises and his aching muscles.

O my mistress, do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune but all the dead are dead alike!

One of the drawbacks about adventures is that when you come to the most beautiful places you are often too anxious and hurried to appreciate them.

How well it was said, " answered the fisherman, "that swords can be kept off with shields but the Eye of Wisdom pierces through every defense!

Daughter, " said the Hermit, "I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never met any such thing as Luck.

Oh-my-Father-and-oh-the-delight-of-my-eyes, " began the young man, muttering the words very quickly and sulkily and not at all as if the Tisroc were the delight of his eyes.

I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.

The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so why then are we doing it to our fictitious heroines?

The moment my eyes fell on him, I was content.

The only power that has any real meaning is the power to better the world.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Any expectation is what pain is.

Order - the accurate arrangement of things - increases productivity. Productivity decides rewards.

Much has been written about the loyalty of dogs, but what I love about them isn't their devotion to me so much as their devotion to being alive.