May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.

Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.

Short cuts make long delays.

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

For nothing is evil in the beginning.

I once overheard someone telling someone else "Don't confuse kindness with something else." Even though this was not directed at me, I took heed and never hedged my bets.

...I don't want to mar the moment with questions. By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything.

To be or not to be is not the question, the vital question is how to be and how not to be…

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

The only book that is worth writing is the one we don’t have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us (we who are writing), that makes us tremble, redden, bleed

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

Delay always heeds danger.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.