A book is the only true land of the free: within its borders, anything is possible

It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageous

Fortune crowns the bold before the worthy

It's by stooping that fingers create a fist, and by standing tall that they give us open palms.

The first act in the training of a warrior should be how to string his rifle and turn it into a guitar

There is only one thing worse than a little baby who won't stop crying: it is a big baby who won't stop whining about it

It is only in grammar that the mighty can be bound by rules made by the humble

Might without right makes blight

Today's troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don't want their children to have parents

To be laughed at draws more profitable attention than being smiled at

Fortune draws her breath through cracks that make coarse the route on which we march to success

She’d forgotten to love, but she also forgot to hate. (about Clara’s mother, who had dementia)

If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.

Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.

How different it all was from what you'd planned.

Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.

How do you beat Obama? Beat him with a Cain!

We named all our children Kid. Well, they have different first names, like Hey Kid, You Kid, Dumb Kid . . .

Every day you have to reinvent yourself

In Russia, we have proverb: Only bad soldiers don't want to be general.