Domesticity was meat and drink to Mouse, and she liked taking care of people. She had done it for so long that it had become a habit with her.

Do good and throw it in the sea; if God doesn't see it, the fishes will.

Beauty is only bearable when you're happy.

emotion without discipline is as dangerous as a high-powered car without brakes.

Joy could be as exhausting as grief.

Time is the measure of that which changes.

You trust wholly or not at all. Trust was not divisible.

Guns don't kill people. People kill people.''But guns make it so much easier. Shall we go?

Booze and boys, ain't nothing in the universe that'll make a girl stupid faster.

People who think animals have expressionless faces are like people who can ignore an open package of Oreos. Not quite human.

waging war against inane language that circulates almost automatically is a writer's eternal mission, and the day will never come when this battles are unnecessary.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.

The tears of childhood fall fast and easily, and evil be to him who makes them flow.

The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'