What are you doing here?" she asked. "You forgot something when you left Halstead Hall," he said hoarsely. "What?" Her heart lept into her throat as he strode purposefully toward her. "Me.

No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.

Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together.

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?

You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.

If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.

The trees are born, they develop their leaves and fruits, they grow and die. I can't ever understand why a tree is a "what" and not a "who".

This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.

Respecting religions is not simply a question of universal tolerance; it is a question of believing that all religions are true.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft.

I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis.

In private I'm not. You will have to ask my wife. She maintains I'm a fluffy husband.