Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

Be a hungry, passionate go-getter and together we will accomplish wonders.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.

I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.

We have to fight terror in one voice, rising above politics. That is when the common people will feel secure.

I will read four or five books at the same time.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.