In fact, the room was so quiet you might have heard a drop of paint splash.

The best plans are always the simplest.

Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.

Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it.

The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully.

Chromatacia…society…ruled by a colortocracy…social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see.

Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out.

The sky was like ebony and the only illumination was the harsh white light of the central streetlamp, which cast shadows so hard it seemed you might cut yourself on them.

…although her mouth uttered fond words, her eyes spoke only venom.

For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas.

Another one of your quippy japes?

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

It's hard to stay committed when our heart isn't in it.

We do not want to deny existence. Yet we also do not want to limit existence. Thus, we observe and honor without forming opinion, labeling, or adding a story to the object of our observation.

For our path in life...is stony and rugged now, and it rests with us to smooth it. We must fight our way onward. We must be brave. There are obstacles to be met, and we must meet, and crush them!

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

Guess who's running for president? Jeb Bush. Jeb was governor of Florida and he speaks fluent Spanish, which raises the question: What language did his brother speak? What was that?

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.

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