I would hear him screaming, I would watch him bleed, I would tear his flesh piece by piece before I would worry about Æthelflaed. This was family. This was revenge.

If they saw men swarming up the wall, if they saw the axes chopping at our shields on the wall’s top, then they would join the battle. Men want to be on the winning side.

A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.

Wisdom starts in humility.

The Bible says that God sees two classes of men. He sees the saved and the lost, those who are going to heaven and those who are going to hell.

Face it, nobody owes you anything. What you achieve, or fail to achieve is directly related to what you do or fail to do.

Leadership: Lions led by donkeys.

Really good music isn't just to be heard, you know? It's almost like a hallucination

There's no good that can come out of secrecy.

There is no problem in the family, ward, or stake that cannot be solved if we look for solutions in the Lord's way by counseling - really counseling - with one another.

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.