…if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.

I’d venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes.

It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.

Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that?

Jocelyn’s stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.

…she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.

For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party.

Dead mothers are rather fashionable these days. They lend such an attractive air of tragedy.

A wise man is able to differentiate between humility and weakness, he does not mistake courage for pride.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I learn.

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

What baffled him was that there should be all this fuss about something so simple as love.

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.