Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

Gravity. It's not just a good idea; it's the law!

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

If you have these two things - the willingness to change, and the acceptance of everything as it comes, you will have all you need to work with.

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Less money for public media means less access to the arts.

Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum and don't interrupt our patterns slightly. When we feel betrayed or disappointed, does it occur to us to practice?

I don't see why religion and science can't cooperate. What's wrong with using a computer to count our blessings?

I try to stay on top of my game physically, emotionally, and spiritually.