One pearl is better than a whole necklace of potatoes.

Fanscination is what keeps a writer going. To be able to write, a writer has to be fascinated about a particular something that becomes the idea of the story

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.

Love is itself an expression of strength.

There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

You saved Dad's life. If anyone's got the right to eavesdrop on him, it's you.

I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.

You must question a code of ethics that never impedes your progress.

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not a door?

If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.