It was all right to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.

and now, all these years later, it seem to him that the most horrible fact of human existence was that broken hearts mended

If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone

A mob always picked its own leaders, and it always picked the right ones.

Disappointment was never a thing you looked for, but it had a wonderful way of clearing the mind.

Misery suffered did not justify misery to come.

If a nation and any nation on this earth could raise up the standard of personal responsibility in their society, you will in no time see a nation of virtuous people, developed and civilized.

There is a blue bird in my heart that wants to get out.

That is almost the definition of any friendship that is worthwhile - that we don't care a damn how you behave yourself.

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.

I want a cheeseburger so badly, but I have to be a vampire in a few weeks.

It’s interesting to see how other people react to an oversharer.

Arent people supposed to do movies so that they can get girls?

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.