Keep trying, especially at first. It can be very discouraging if your submissions keep being rejected by a publisher, but if your work is what people want to read, you should get there eventually!

Curious how even a little time can alter so much.

There are many things in this unhappy world we cannot alter. We must learn to live with our lot and find peace with ourselves.

Yours is a true heart, Vespertilio. Beware of it, for it is surely too large for thy chest to contain.

I come to call down my destiny - and it is tall and dangerous!

Many grim tales stem from your green lands, and still deeds both noble and evil shall yet unfold there.

Lies breed distrust, and distrust brings conflict.

The most harmful lies and the most hurtful, always contain a grain of truth, " he said. "But nevertheless, lies they do remain.

Woodget glanced into the dim shadows behind the trees. "What you be hiding fer?" he called."On such a night as this even the greatest may hide and not be ashamed, " came the response.

Tread not into the fearsome nightBut pull the covers high, Step not into the wild dark woodFor the Hobbers are dancing nigh

The moles came bearing their lamps and then the most ancient and magical creature that ever danced beneath the moon was lost in darkness once more.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.

I won't become a household word, or achieve the fame I deserve in my lifetime because of the way I look.

Companies, however unintentionally, choke the motivation out of their employees.

War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.

My kids teased me at dinner that I'm not cool. I told them if I was cool I wouldn't be sitting at home with my kids. Pass the gravy.

Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music

The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.

The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.