Not all novelists are power-hungry madman. Some are power-hungry madwomen.

Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same; the darker the better.

Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.

Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.

Very little in this world makes sense.

Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a million-mile road trip then wanting to turn around without getting out of the car.

This book will not harm you unless someone throws it at you which is a possibilty never to be discounted.

O thy! Thou made me infinite with infinite love.Not by finishing, but by transforming to infinite for infinite joy!

A great difference between May and Day is the M and D! Be a good Managing Director of your life each day in May.

A mind with questions is a mind open to understanding.

She stretched beneath him, bare and aching, held captive by an entirely new form of magic, one she'd thought existed only in books and movies.

Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.

God knew what we were before conversion - wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion - weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.

I blame Jeb for letting you be such a smart aleck.” I stared at her. “I blame you for altering my DNA! I mean, I have wings, lady! What were you thinking?

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.

The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it.