A big book is a big misfortune.

A great book is like great evil.

I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.

O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.

Nothing unattested do I sing.

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

Big book, a big bore.

I abhor, too, the roaming lover, nor do I drink from every well; I loathe all things in common

A good man never dies.

You're walking by the tomb of Battiades, Who knew well how to write poetry, and enjoy Laughter at the right moment, over the wine.

Here sleeps Saon, of Acanthus, son of Dicon, a holy sleep: say not that the good die.

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.

Delicious days ahead for solitude and writing and, oh yes, the holiday meal with family. Live with my characters until term starts in 2012!

Commitment doesn't have conditions. A compassionate samurai follows through whether it feels good or not

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.

No man ever did or can do a great work alone.

Someone else's success is not your failure.

If you believe in what you're doing, you're going to make money. When you question it, you won't.

Grieving must be done in its own time. To deny the human reality that pain hurts only delays the process.

I do not suggest that you should not have an open mind ... but don't keep your mind so open that your brains fall out.