It's our nature, isn't it? Again and again, we cling to the foolish belief taht simple solutions exist

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to walk the streets in the City of Blue Fire.

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

The ostrich-approach of burying your head in the sand, when confronting your areas of weakness, becomes a self-set trigger for failure.

Nowadays, using a computer has become a way of life.

the dolphins stitch sky to sea.

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.

A gift of truth is the gift of love.

Sleep is for those people who are broke.

Change is not always progress... A fever of newness has everywhere been confused with the spirit of progress.

The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground.

The welfare system in this country has literally crippled millions. It has gotten people bound and gagged so that they cannot get off it. It is such a fouled-up system.

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.