Even though that God didn't bring you on earth to turn you into a failure, He still expects you to always do your best before He can do the rest for you.

Writer's block: when your imaginary friends stop talking to you.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.

I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.

Hope spurs humans everywhere to work harder to endure more now that the future may be better.

A design style is defined by a set of microdecisions. A clear style reflects a consistent set. A clear style may not be a good style; a muddled one never is.

Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close.

The night is a strawberry.

If writing a novel is a year's exile to a foreign country, writing a short story is a weekend spent somewhere exotic. They're much more like vacations, more exciting and different, and you're off.

The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.