Old Woman Nora of Loch LomondTo her three wee Grandaughters one cold night.

I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

Family is the only anchor that will hold in a choppy sea.

I vow, is there no man who can talk about physical pleasures without exaggerating?

You can get lost, pretending to be someone you're not.

My dear brother, never allow a woman to hold all of the cards.

Knowledge and action combined can win over any adversity known to man.

Never underestimate the power of a bossy woman.

For a real knight, rescuing maidens would be an everyday event." ... "Perhaps a true knight saves himself for the right maiden

Men think they like to be challenged. The truth is, they only like to be challenged if they win.

No woman worth her salt would listen to a proposal without the word ‘love’ in it.

He's thought he was willing to do anything in order to get what he wanted, what was right for his kind. He'd been certain any sacrifice was possible.He'd been wrong.

I miss the comfort in being sad.

There is no virtue if there is no immortality.

Don't think I'm talking nonsense because I'm drunk. I'm not a bit drunk. Brandy's all very well, but I need two bottles to make me drunk.

Our lives are a mosaic of little things, like putting a rose in a vase on the table.

I was going to buy my girl a Packard car for Christmas, but it took too long to deliver, so I bought her some handkerchiefs.

Approach every meeting with a purposeful, high-energy, ready-to-make-a-contribution attitude, and watch how fast leadership’s perception of you follows your behavior.

I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human.

Jesus Christ accomplished everything that God the Father started at the creation, and that includes total health.

I don't think sexuality defines a person. It's one small part of who you are, in my view. You are many things, and I never felt that people were defined by their sexuality solely.