Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

The man was allergic to sleep.

Barking hard work, being a boy.

And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.

That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.

Deryn put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same."Barking spiders, " she muttered softly,

After an existence of nearly twenty years of almost innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth.

She's the original good time who was had by all.

What’s that about? Love must be more about power than we think, if even in its most intimate moment of expression we think about not being the one who risks the most.

Winning means being unafraid to lose.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master!

Our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases

I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.

They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind, and on waiting for the power from above.

The danger is to stupidly believe that depicting facts gives us much insight. If facts were the only thing that counted, the telephone directory would be the book of books.