Every great novel begins with a single word. One word, followed by another and another and another. Sentences forming paths to that dream.

Insanity runs in my family, but somehow we've always managed to track it down and catch it again.

No person, relationship, or religion should complete you. They can enhance whatever is already there, but completion of the self comes from within, not from anything beyond that.

For me, writing is just as much a choice as breathing. I can quit anytime I want, but not starting again would prove fatal.

Getting fired from work does not make you a failure. Letting it take control of your life is what does

i have never advocated war except as a mean of peace

I'd do anything for you, Tessa. I know you don't realize that now, but you will.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.

Life treads on life, and heart on heart; We press too close in church and mart To keep a dream or grave apart.

What the tender and poetic youth dreams to-day, and conjures up with inarticulate speech, is to-morrow the vociferated result of public opinion, and the day after is the character of nations.

Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.

I can't say that I always want to get out of bed, you know.

Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.