She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

A traditionalist’s values are gleaned from all that is good in the past.

Never rate yourself too low

Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games.

I've always been religiously inclined, but it doesn't come up in most of my books.

Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.

I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.

Actually, even our virility depends on the gaze and the control of women. Without women, we cannot do anything. I think it's a good thing.

Truth brings bliss, truth brings celebration.

My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.

I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.