Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.

Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

Honor does not have to be defended.

You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.

There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?

It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.

An extreme fearfulness moves through all your body, and your mind is troubled more.

When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.

Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.

This was about to go very bad, because Adam was going to cry. “I miss you, ” he said, and his voice broke.

All I want is to preserve that wonderful something which so purely exists between us.

I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or pop music, you can just get on with the basics of story and character.

You don't know a good thing until it's gone.And found something else

One just soul can attain pardon for a thousand sinners.

My heavens! I've been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.