History in the storyteller's hand was a potent force indeed, ....

Mrs. Bird smiled at me as I arrived at her side. "They can surprise us, can't they, our parents? The things they got up to before we were born.""Yes, " I said. "Almost like they were real people once.

it was enough just to free the words so that the voices in her head were stilled.

His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me.

Maxim 31: Only cheaters prosper.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Good design doesn't date.

All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.

In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do

I don't know why boys expect us to like boy movies. We don't expect them to like girl movies.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

Women of the world crave excitement.