Sparhawk had fallen into a nest of pirates.

If you have found a woman who can stir both body and spirit, sir, do not give her up lightly. Do not. The alternatives can be damnably complicated. [Joseph Warren]

I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Finally, I'm here and I'm old. It's depressing, it really is.

I must be alive, " Gawain said hoarsely. "Dead doesn't hurt this much.

For still I see that forethought spares afterthought and after-sorrow.

That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable.

I don't sing anywhere as good as I used to, and I feel sincerely that it's getting worse.

I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must be said, the most important thing.

The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.

Whenever we criticize ourselves, we compound the issue.

History is an accumulation of error.

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.