I think that's what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself and try to enter the sensibility of another time, another character, another place.

A small profit is better than a big loss.

Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better

One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children

A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn't continue to exist in the world

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.

Don't love anything that can be taken away.

We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times were until I left, but I guess that's the way of it

But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life.

It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.” – Snipes (185)

You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in Divine power-these are the true remedies.

I'm leaving my sorrows and all my memories behind to see what I find, somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singing river, somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky.

Flowers spring to blossom where she walks The careful ways of duty; Our hard, stiff lines of life with her Are flowing curves of beauty.

Google, I think, in some ways, is more competitive and certainly is trying to build their own little version of Facebook.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Yeah, well,” Nico said, “not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.