There is no room in war for delicate machinery.

The more mechanical becomes the weapons with which we fight, the less mechanical must be the spirit which controls them.

Love: It is like a cigar. If it goes out, you can light it again but it never tastes quite the same.

What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you, ' I said to her.

Darkness is the only place, where chaos and peace always met and fell in love with each other.

There were only three names on the map of the region we had brought with us, but we now filled in more than two hundred.

There must be something to acupuncture - after all you never see any sick porcupines.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

Industrial culture? There has been a phenomena; I don't know whether it's strong enough to be a culture. I do think what we did has had a reverberation right around the world and back.

Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't.

Bachelors begin at thirty-six. Up till this age they are regarded as single men.

I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time."-A Great and Terrible Beauty