Muscle-work can only make one weary-it takes brain-work to create true exhaustion.

There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.

Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.

Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared.

It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.

You can't believe everything people tell you - not even if those people are your own brain.

Respect is a kind of magic too, you know.

I'm free... to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't. I can. And my children will.

Have you ever noticed how grateful you are to see daylight again after coming through a long dark tunnel? Always try to see life around ya as if you'd just come out of a tunnel.

In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.

Your king is SUPPOSED to explode? What kind of government system is that?

If a Greek woman tells you to do something, you do it.

Not with a club, the Heart is brokenNor with a Stone –A Whip so small you could not see itI've known

Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go.

My thing is that if you don't really connect to something or see that it's going to be something you're going to be proud of, I wouldn't do it.

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.

The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth.

Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up?" "Just shut up." "Can do." "Really? Doesn't seem like it." -Jacob and seth

My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

I'm proud to say that there is not a single Russian nuclear missile pointed at an American child.

Wickedly funny to read and morally bracing as only good satire can be.