I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow.

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.

In my belief, a harvest is also a legacy, for very often what you reap is, in the way of small miracles, more than you consciously know you have sown.

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.

The shadow of fear and uncertainty lies over most of us; for us the future seems far from being as clear and open as we believed it would be.

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad.

Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance

Those who don't hate evil hate those who do

But Blake's voices returned to dictate revisions.

Don't be so petty. Sometimes you have to do business with people you don't like. It doesn't mean you have to be like them or like them.

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!

You're no angel. You're Fallen. You just haven't had the decency to lose your wings. [Reaver]

For those whose heart and whose attention is immersed in the truth, they don't need to have to worry.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

I mean it wasn't that they sat around thinking oh gosh I needed more choices in my grocery stores the way I had come to think about it as an American growing up.