If there was any magic in this world that was not magic, it was wine.

She was the most beautiful, terrible thing he'd ever seen, like an acetylene flame, an incandescent filament, a fallen star right in front of him.

He was in the right place. He was living his best life. How many other people in the multiverse could say that?

It didn't matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.

Providence knows best.

It doesn't do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to.

A faithful husband is one whose alimony check is always on time.

I always had a pretty good knack for raising hell.

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.

The case for my life... is this: that I have added something to knowledge, and helped others to add more

Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.

I feel that my life and therefore my writing accept the possibility of all the mystery. Everything we don't know; everything that can possibly happen.

I don't hate things, but I'm turned off by arrogance. I also don't like power for the sake of power.

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue