Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Nos·tal·gia (n):A feeling that lingers long after the taste is gone.

He cleared his throat. "I did get carried away with you. Couldn't help myself. And when I said it wouldn't happen again..." He risked skimming his fingers up her smooth shin. "I hope I lied.

Every man is the conscious or unconscious author of his state.

A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.

Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

And Christ says of that which is blessed, which is offered, received, eaten and drunk: This is My body; this is My blood.

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

I want to get a job naming kitchen appliances. That seems easy; refrigerator, toaster, blender. You just say what the thing does and add "er".

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!