Funny thing about revenge. It could make a killer out of a nun.

Magic is a dangerous thing, child. It isn’t something to use lightly.

Keep secret things secret and they will serve you the better!

It is only the brave who win life’s rewards. Those who don’t overcome their fears are destined to fail at even the least things.

Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.

Wittgenstein once wrote that when the eye sees something beautiful, the hand wants to draw it. I wish I could draw you.

We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

By God's help, and the intelligent use of their own strong right arms they could accomplish great things.

Some of us seem to be born with a drive to try to make the world kinder.

I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based.

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

I ask you, what is the use of having your "cake" if you can't eat it? What exactly are you supposed to do with it? Put it on your mantel and look at it? Cake is meant to be eaten and enjoyed.

The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something.