In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.

She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.

We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.

The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down.

One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

You'd never killed anyone. Then you had.

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

Ice is for death and endings.

By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.

When you read a book, and who you are when you read it, makes it matter or not.

Don't listen to the rumors...thieves of the truth.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

Love is about going that extra mile even it if hurts.

I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics.

The very nature of paradise is that it will be lost.

Come, my love, we have oceans to sail.

Nothing's worse than a woman know-it-all.