Dead mothers are rather fashionable these days. They lend such an attractive air of tragedy.

I’d venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes.

It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.

Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that?

Jocelyn’s stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.

…she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.

…if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.

For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party.

a little modesty averts disgrace

All rivers pay homage to the ocean for it lies lowest.

Fire is calling my name. It is whispering words of encouragement, sweet things. It wants out, for me to fan the heat until it’s a vortex that can’t and won’t be stopped.

Be ready for every moment, you don’t know which check is the checkmate.

The language of translation ought never to attract attention to itself.

We're all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.

Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain.

Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote: "With foxes, we must play the fox".

I always loved celluloid cameras in the early days that were sturdy and reliable. Even under tropical conditions and downpour of rain, it would still work.

The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.