All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go.

Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.

It's always better to be doing.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of your own actions, and make the best out of what happens.

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

I am Abhorsen..." He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures.

The potatoes were starch grenades. The canned carrots were revolting because that is their nature.

I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the Battle of Antietam that fatigues anything?

If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.

Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.

It's like being on Death Row in an American jail. You are waiting for the door handle to turn, not knowing whether it's a reprieve or just your final breakfast before being executed.

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

We are not saints, gods, spiritual human beings that we can sit and decide whether a film will do well or not. It is not in our hands.

Part of being a good chef is being able to work well with others and make things work under different circumstances.

I plowed fields with horses and worked as a hired hand in high school for 50 cents a day.

I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.