Women are the only correspondents to be depended on.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

My mind screams for me to run, but my feet are planted where they are. This can’t be happening. This can’t be real. There’s no way this is real!

Without craziness, there is no courage.

Fame is the beauty parlor of the dead.

Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.

I pray every day, several times. It soothes me. I don't ask for anything, except for health.

You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail. I don't want a book to fail.

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.