I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

Never step on caterpillars, as one day they'll become butterflies, and you'll never know when you'll need a ride on their wings of fortune.

In all of the possible scenarios Kian had envisioned, encountering a lunatic had not been one of them. It just showed him that he could never be completely prepared.

Arrange your life in such a way that you don't make choices based on fear of God, instead of love of God.

That’s progress, ” McIlveen

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. [Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]

I'm the ultimate organizer! My major at Stanford was "Organizational Behavior" so I love to multi-task and stay extra busy.

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

Recognition is the most inexpensive, easy-to-use motivational technique available to management.

Intimacy, as I am using it, is sharing my reality with you.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.