But I recall the springtime of the world as though it were yesterday—those days when we rode together to battle, and those nights when we shook the stars loose from the fresh-painted skies!

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden.

Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.' Sam held out his hand. "Give me some tobacco and a paper.

Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?""Because the world has need of your humility, your piety, your great teaching and your Machiavellian scheming.

The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown....To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three.

I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar.

I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I'm a liar.

You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one.

Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

The best way to be more like me is to be more like you.

I love you still, that's the torment of it. Lestat I never loved. But you! The measure of my hatred is that love. They are the same! Do you know now how much I hate you!

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.

Most people's journeys haven't been as disjointed as mine.

And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.

The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession.

Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.