In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

After darkness comes the light.

That evil can never be great which is the last.

No evil is great if it is the last.

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Peace is obtained by war.

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

My lips twitched into a righteous smile. I felt godlike. Justified. Valko would pay for his crimes here and now, and I wound not weep with regret.

The future is going to take care of itself, like it always has.

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.

You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.

We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp--since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin.

Dream abides; it is the only things that abides; vision abides.

The earth is definitely doomed.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

No human being, man, woman, or child, may safely be entrusted to the power of another; for no human being may safely be trusted with absolute power.