Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv.

Captures the reader with true magic.

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

People give up the earth for beauty.

Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.

It's a good story, ' he said. He even grinned at me. 'I'll tell you.''Please, ' I said.And then he did.

What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be?

Kissing Hugh was lovely. Glad I invented it. Can't rely on Austen for a snog, that's for sure.

intuition is always right in at least two important ways; It is always in response to something. it always has your best interest at heart

Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals.

The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience.

If you clean the floor with love, you have done an invisible painting. Live each moment in such delight that it gives you something inner.

All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.