I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

I know not by what power I am drawn to you, but it is as a moth is drawn to the flame, and I cannot fight it, I must be consumed.

You're my daughter. I don't care about the factions.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

I feel much more comfortable as an artist collaborating with others because I feel more mature.

God will never violate His Word, but He doesn’t seem to mind violating our understanding of His Word.

I think managing pain with narcotics could be a useful skill. Hiding your true self from you co-workers, which is totally true. Exacting justice when it needs to be dealt.

It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.

Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.