Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.

Why are we worried!" Rolf said suddenly. "This is God's work. He'll make a way for us.

I think this is something that is naturally built in in people, a need for attention and a need to be special and we are always trying to find a balance.

Oh, please," I rolled my eyes, "You're a leftie, Barrons." "Touche, Ms. Lane," he murmured.

The ultimate sign of maturity is knowing just how immature you really are.

I was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.

Always be patient. I also believe everything happens for a reason.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.

My style as a human being is to indulge people who need to escape, yet I insist on confronting them as a playwright. It's quite embarrassing, it's quite unpleasant, it's quite awkward.

Glad tidings to the one who leaves the world before it leaves him, prepares for his grave before he enters it, and pleases his Lord before he meets Him.