Buchan had discovered a wealth of small tidbits. He now knew her first name - Tatiana. Like Shakespeare's fairy queen. "Be she but little, she is fierce.

With a hoarse moan, he swept her against him, kissing her wildly, passionately, his mouth promising and teasing, as if her kiss had broken the dam that had held back his passion.

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!

[O]ur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.

What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.

I feel like we as human beings are trampling all over the natural world, but at the same time, we are totally in its power.

Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.