I cannot tell you how exciting it is when you first see your book in paperback, then when the good reviews roll in it is just the red bow on the present under the tree.

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

i just know no one is a friend like writing .

Then your heart is a black, shriveled thing, because you absolutely betray me.

It might well appear to Sir Walter that there had been no quarrel. It was often the case that gentlemen did not observe the signs.

An example is the best inspiration for a young mind.

Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror.

The Net is the new underlying infrastructure for civilization itself.

Meditation is the antidote to all the poisons of your life. It is the nourishment of your authentic nature.

The smallest snowstorm on record took place an hour ago in my back yard. It was approximately two flakes. I waited for more to fall, but that was it. The entire storm was two flakes.

Society is an organism which obeys the immutable law of progress; and change, judicious and cautious change, is necessary for the well being, and indeed the preservation of the social system.