I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.

The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything.

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.

To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely.

Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge.

A good library can provide the furniture of our minds and the threads from which we weave our dreams.

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.

You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why.

... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester

We believe world peace is inevitable.

One flub, one little mistake, could ruin everything.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.

If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time.

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.

If men were in charge of carrying and birthing our babies, we'd have a lot fewer people on Earth, because we'd only do it once- I can promise you that!

Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade; When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees. So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues, But swift is gone whenever she veils her face.

There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep.

We did not hope for the same things, but we all hoped.