It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

The tale of love and power was a continuum, much like the white carousel just outside of Acronis's hall. It turned around and around. Acronis was tired of the spin."-Madison Thorne Grey, Sustenance

Characters carrying the playwright's disapproval is a un-Shakespearian burden.

Simplicity is the key to beauty. Clarity is the key to perfection.

The recipe for a good speech includes some shortening.

The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event.

There is a lot of pain still to be had in the equity markets, particularly aimed at the risky end of the spectrum. We think the fair value on the market is about a third lower in the U.S. . .

By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other.

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.

but the bravest man among us is afraid of himself

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.