Is there ever any particular spot where one can put one's finger and say, "It all began that day, at such a time and such a place, with such an incident?

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.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

An idea of awakening is not awakening. It’s simply an idea. It’s not the real thing. The real thing happens in our lives.

Some were drawn towards displays of physical showboating, when it came to cats, while others preferred subtle intellectual stimulation.

everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.

Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible.

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

Keep the warmth of the sun in your heart.

From the time I can remember my mother kept me in church. I think my first recollection of any place, being anywhere was in a church.