Each moment of life is a step toward death.

The Queen has been guillotined, accused of crimes beyond imagining. Last night she appeared to me in a dream, handing me her head.

A feeling of disquiet continues to haunt me. As a youth one dreams of love; by the time one wakes, it is too late.

We are born, we live and we die - in the midst of the marvelous.

Daggers ever at the ready, I went about the day: children fed, linens mended, bedclothes aired. In little ways one conquers fear.

Splendid,' Abbé Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so thrilling as riding in fear of one's life.

Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

God designed u to fit an architectural edifice. Discover your real self

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

I am convinced that it is the light and the way.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Sound doctrine does not enter into the hard and disobedient heart; but, as if beaten back, enters anew into itself.

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving someone another person's prescription. How do you know that's what they need?

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things.

There are a lot of directors who make big money and do big things and then move out of the 'hood