Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

Most of the things one worries about never happen.

He could, Andi."Andi's heart turned to ice.It wasn't possible.He was dead, cast away into some deep, dark hell where he'd never be able to claw his way back out.

Look onwards to what lies ahead.

Learn to live with self and you will learn to live with others.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate.

To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can.

I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.

After "Jack Reacher" the parts I didn't like, most of it was silly.