She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men.

Let us hope for the best, let us dream and go for the quest.

I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.

I don't feel any way,' the girl said. 'I just know things.

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry

The curses of the ungodly are more pleasing to God's ears than the hallelujahs of the pious

If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.

Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death.

Children learn through gentle direction and persuasive teaching.