Such is the nature of people: they regret that what was, although it wasn't even nice, because they are afraid of what will be – the unknown.

No power is born of hate.All power and authority is born of love.Oh, you, who want any power somewhere!Ask yourselves who and what you love?

From deep quiet gorges and wilderness of the holy mountain came to her wonderful, like silver mist, dreams and silently whispered into her ears that she was designed for extraordinary deeds.

And came to her a realization that the largest humiliation for the person was a lie. And the viler the one to whom you lie, the greater is the humiliation.

I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance.

But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

I thought he might hit me over the head, knowing that he wanted to do the whole show. He was young, ambitious, and a huge talent. But he was also very gentle, and we got along fine.

I've married a few people I shouldn't have, but haven't we all?

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.

I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking and rule-following.

People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.

An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can they still hold their heads among human beings?

When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.