It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.

Coincidence is a messenger sent by truth.

Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.

Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you.

Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.

My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

It was time to move on, to dance with life again.

a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.

I often think it would be really interesting to take all of those who would wage war to the battlefield cemeteries, and say, explain yourself to the dead. Explain yourself to the dead!

One always has riches when one has a book to read.

Never judge a journey by the distance.

It takes one to tell, and two to missunderstand.

Our dreams wrapped in desire let us fly high enough to get the reward.

I don't really agree with the role model thing. People are always saying that athletes shouldn't do X or Y because they are role models.

Don't say you miss me when it's your fault I'm gone!

I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern.

Is that a stake, Bones, or are you just happy with my new dress?” “In this case, it’s a stake. You could always feel around for something more, though. See what comes up.

Microsoft's philosophy is to get it out there and fix it later. Steve [Jobs] would never do that. He doesn't get anything out there until it is perfected.

If it turned out Brandon Stark also likes to dress up as Strwberry Shortcake while playing croquet with his miniture pony collection, I totally wouldn't be surprised anymore.

The immense and ever increasing sums which the state wrings from the people are never enough for it; it mortgages the income of future generations, and steers resolutely toward bankruptcy.

In Scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness.