No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

I shall speak of love...and of hate.It is truly a marvel, but I tell you, hatred and love may live cramped together, crouching in the same heart.

His smile was so wide he’d have had to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway

The makeup of your thoughts is exposed through your internal dialog.

Honor is unknown in despotic states.

May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself.

I know who I am. I don't see myself as this whoever they see me as.

I’ve never heard that the sexual act requires any particular intelligence. From what I’ve observed, many stupid people are easily able to produce children.

You have a talent that comes from inside you, from your heart, not your fingers. What you have can’t ever go away. It’s what other people only dream about. You’re an artist.

I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland.

I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books, pick one up and experience a personal sense of discovery. That's great. But for them, not for me.