Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

Even if everybody says it’s impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.

If you give up every time you don't achieve the immediate gain you want, you're just guaranteeing that the worst is going to happen... You can't expect an easy victory after one protest march.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

On Tony Gwynn: it was a wonder that such an exuberant man could be so patient.

My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.

Love which economizes is never true love.

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.

Nothing could be better for the economy than to get rid of fracking.

Everything else you see and experience in this world is effect, and that includes your feelings. The cause is always your thoughts.