Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

Nature will always be nature.

You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.

Sanity is a sonnet with a strict meter and rhyme scheme-and my mind is free verse.

Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the Black and Red unite!"-after the split between Anarchists and Marxists in 1872

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.

The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.

Knowing that others have gone through similar tragedies may be a help, but it should be remembered that every tragedy is not only commonplace but also unique.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

I went to an amazing school in Brooklyn called St. Anne's that's a really kind of creative hot bed.

The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.