He wore his fear on his skin for everyone to see.

Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence.Or insanity.

Where are Haldad my father, and Haldad my brother? If the king of Doriath fears a friendship between Haleth and those who have devoured her kin, then the ways of the Eldar are strange to Men.

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.

It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self.

Progress is the mother of problems.

[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice.

Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself.