I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

Doorbells are like a magic game, Or the grab-bag at a fair -- You never know when you hear one ring Who may be waiting there.

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

We must not build up ourselves at the expense of others.

When Eve dropped her shield of faith, every other piece of her spiritual armor became vulnerable.

The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.

I'm one of those women who likes to chat and share knowledge and pass it around.

Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left that the opponent is attacking from the left.

Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.

The price of apparently cheap food is costing nothing less than the Earth!

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.

Illustrators are word people who happen to draw. We work with one foot in a book, the other stuck in a paint pot. Our shoes are a disgrace.