If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness.

Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a manner wider than murder: the premise of destroying man's capacity to live.

Considering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another's inconstancy.

The only time I'm pleased with myself is when I'm exhausted and shaking from having written too much.

we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players

A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon.

Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.

North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.

Unplanned process improvement is wishful thinking.

Every day is a good day. Your every-day mind - that is the Way!

Tikka Khan was a soldier doing a soldier's job.