Now it was done. He was free of Xanth forever. Free to make his own life, without being ridiculed or mothered or tempted. Free to be himself.Bink put his face in his hands and cried.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

Give me a strong back, over a soft heart.

Burning bridges is much easier than making them and bridges take you places!

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.

Some people accuse me of exaggeration, so let me be clear. Those people seek nothing less than the complete and utter destruction of the American way of life.

You’re impinging on my private space,” I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isn’t the SAT, Nora.

Maybe my biggest aim is to bring a sense of that old mystery of rock 'n' roll into the new age of today's instantaneous and fast world.

Have I done more for some today ? Than some have done for me ? If a person can answer yes at the end of a day, then that person has had a good day.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious.