The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

With true love, you can move mountains, make unusual sacrifices, live a life of deprivations and still be happy.

To start any thing is like to breathe in open air, to complete it is like to breathe in no air.

Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.

What the feckin' hell is PMS, I'd like to ken?""Petty Male Shit, " she yelled.

Sea and land may lie between us, but my heart is always there with you.

Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sakes.

The only reason to go into business is to make money. You have to work hard at it. If you're not passionate about it, you'll burn out so fast that it is incredible.

There's something called the physiology of forgiveness. Being unable to forgive other people's faults is harmful to one's health.

I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.

If I had any choice in the matter, I'd stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.