Old friend, ' said Cadvan, filling another glass for himself and sniffing its rich smell. 'If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.

Kind of just existed from day to day, on weird plateau of feeling nothingness.

One only knows the sins of democracy against virtue when one is worthy enough to suffer from them.

In this world everything that is won to the ideal, is an eternal (or imperishable, - "impérissable", Fr.) good.

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.

I didnt have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.

I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.

The egotism of people who are eminent without being in the least distinguished and somehow feeling that's their due - that seems to me to be a peculiarly English phenomenon.

The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional.

Fear is the root of all courage.

When you arrive where you thought you wanted to be, you'll just begin a new journey so enjoy each step along the way