Is not general incivility the very essence of love?

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Obstinate, headstrong girl!

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

Poverty: a temporary financial low, curable by money.

Every cloud doesn't have a silver lining but making time to look at the beauty of clouds can give you peace of mind

They didn't even had the authority to choose an alcoholic beverage. They couldn't be deciding who deserved to live or die.

The challenge for a nonfiction writer is to achieve a poetic precision using the documents of truth but somehow to make people and places spring to life as if the reader was in their presence.

You should never ask a horse or an actor to do something they cannot do. Wisdom will teach you to find out what they can do and then make it easy for them.

Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.

The easiest and most accessible emotion is rage.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.