Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to walk the streets in the City of Blue Fire.

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world.

Sure, you can do without the hard personal comments, but it doesn't really happen apart from a few isolated incidents.

Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window.

Things are the way they are because they were the way they were.

The style depends on the subject.

Necessity is God's veil.

What hope is there for innocence if it is not recognized?

The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side.

As we sometimes find one thing while we are looking for another, so, if truth escaped me, happiness and contentment fell in my way.