And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

Doorbells are like a magic game, Or the grab-bag at a fair -- You never know when you hear one ring Who may be waiting there.

The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

We are all looking for beauty all around us

If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

The ablest lawyers are always associated with the biggest fees.

I'm really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt.

I want to be untouchable and beautiful and completely dead inside.

The beautiful must ever rest in the arms of the sublime. The gentle needs the strong to sustain it, as much as the rock-flowers need rocks to grow on, or the ivy the rugged wall which it embraces.

I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it.

Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.

Now that the lilacs are in bloom She has a bowl of lilacs in her room

Don't worry about what you can't control.