No emotion falls into dislike so readily as sorrow.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

At this point in my life, beaming confidence is largely a matter of mind over bladder control

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Old MacDonald had a farm-until America's corporate animal factories plowed it under.

Literature is subservient to nothing but truth.

Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time. Deryn Collier is a talent to watch.

What ticks you off enough to get involved in efforts to better the lot of women? What motivates you to action?

I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers, still crazy after all these years.

So much time is currently spent in worrying about the future that the present is allowed to go to hell.