Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.

Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.

Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.

Courage is a muscle that develops through use. It's no use waiting for some inner fire to conveniently become apparent at the moment of crisis - that's cartoon stuff.

A humanitarian is always a hypocrite.

Stop creating reports, and start creating understanding.

Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was

You have to take what you could get when you're getting started.

First do it, then say it.

Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.