That’s what nobody admits about men, how needy they are.

Men do everything that men do, from waging war to reading books, for one purpose only: to get laid.

All nineteen-year-old males are children who are men capable of war.

The problem with freedom is that when people have it, they do what they want to.

Don’t you wonder sometimes, ” Miranda asked, “whether women have all the power or no power at all?

Once you’ve gotten used to a certain kind of smell from a certain kind of flesh, whether it’s a lover or a rotting corpse, you long for it when it’s not around. Or maybe it’s just me.

That was what maturity was: accepting things. The more things you accepted, the more mature you were.

Praising heroes who slay monsters is a writer’s most ancient task.

Arthur, do you think the fall of the Wall means anything? Do you think that this means that even one fewer body will burn?

My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health.

Medieval learning was really advanced.

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

It's the "Success Paradox." When a set of behaviors has gotten you somewhere, you keep doing them even though the circumstances have changed.

All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.

I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me.

Talon glanced around the loft. It looked as if a bottle of Pepto-Bismol had exploded, or the Cat in the Hat had come for a visit.’ (Talon)