It was the responsibility of a senior fireman to teach as well as to do.

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

The men were always wary of an officer who took form more seriously than function.

When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job.

He saw the pleasure you took from your job every day of his life, and THAT was what he wanted.

She was young and scared, and hadn't realized there was time to spare.

It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.

Unreality cooled reality’s burn.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.

I will kill you if you set me free, ' the eyes said. 'Set me free.

See how many doors open, Alastor said, when someone with influence and ideas comes along with a key? Fortune can be hoarded, or it can be shared.

I don't know whether your heart ever necessarily changes, but time changes the way that you perceive the world. And you just hope it gives you more empathy and all those other things.

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't you ever do anything but cook and read?

Life is like a garden, you reap what you sow