It was great to see the owls, " I said.She smiled."Yes. They're wild things, of course. Killers, savages. They're wonderful.

Truth and dreams are always getting muddled.

The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53

Drawing makes you look at the world more closely. It helps you to see what you're looking at more clearly. Did you know that?"I said nothing."What colour's a blackbird?" she said."Black""Typical!

It's called evolution. You must know that. Yes, we are.'She looked up from her book.'I would hope, though, ' she went on, 'that we also have some rather more beautiful ancestors. Don't you?' --Mina

we have quoted freely from the Scriptures and have sought to furnish proof-texts for every statement we have advanced.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

I will not be triumphed over.

So you see, when war comes to one’s village, one’s doorstep, it isn’t tragic and impersonal any longer. It is just an excuse to vomit private hatred. That is why I am not a great patriot.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

It would be hard to get worse. I had only one direction to go.

When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.

If the data do not prove that indexing wins, well, the data are wrong.

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue.