So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

The death of God left the angels in a strange position.

A peaceful mind is not a matter of doing, but of being.

It's the cable shows that are really the most interesting - 'Mad Men,' 'Breaking Bad,' those shows are really the premiere shows on television right now.

Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes, Or any searcher know by mortal mind; Veil upon veil will lift but there must be Veil upon veil behind.

There's something vile (and all the more vile because ridiculous) in the tendency of feeble men to make universal tragedies out of the sad comedies of their private woes.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. A lot of it has to do with the computer, of course.

You will never be able to hit a target that you cannot see.

Usenet is 'the last uncensored mass medium.'