Go on, my dear, " urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me, ' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' You know you wan

If you’re in your life, chance. Viewed from the outside, like a book you’re reading, it’s fate all the way.

Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

I added 'writers' to my list of people not to trust. They make everything up.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.

Humans live in a pit of cheating, exploiting, hurting, incarcerating. Every time, the species wastes some part of what it could be. This waste is poisonous.

Integrity is a bugger, it really is. Lying can get you into difficulties, but to really wind up in the crappers try telling nothing but the truth.

What's the book like?""Well, some of it's twaddle, but mostly it's just piffle. Cheers!

Have you noticed, " said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents, ' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?

The two most dangerous things in the world are rich people and crazy people.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

Maybe [killers] is one of my real passions. Why deny it?

I've found places that are just as beautiful as New England, but this is my home.

Mirrors can't talk. Luckily for you, they can't laugh either.

I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time.

Trust no one, not even the finest saint who ever walked this earth, ignore him, if he hinders your sight of Jesus Christ.

But one day I woke up and heard myself saying, I am a fork being used to eat cereal. I am not a spoon. I am a fork. And I can’t help people eat cereal any longer.

The reason so many financial advisors are called brokers is because they are often broker than you.