If you've had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

If you want to help people we have to dive into people wade into the sea of humanity.

I smiled sadly and whispered, "I would have taken a bullet for you, too, you know.""I know, " he whispered gruffly and lifted my chin, "and that pisses me off and turns me on at the same time.

I have learned it’s best to face down the trouble. Otherwise it will grow into a monster. We don’t have time for monsters.

The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it.

The air will always be to filled with something. Your body too sore or tired. Your father too drunk. Your wife too cold. You will always have some excuse not to live your life.

Believe in all the good things you keep inside There is no freedom in life without freedom of mind.

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

I was really interested in collecting insects.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

We all end up dead, it's just a question of how and why.