The people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows Fate takes at them. Nobody'll make a song about them, but they're heroes all the same.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.

The hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it as the axis on which the world revolves

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.

We don't have music that talks about sexuality from a female standpoint.

You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it

I don't mean to sound immodest, but I never had any doubt that I'd be successful, nor any fear of success. I was raised as a little goddess who was told she would be a star.

The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.

For [the] quick in wit and light in manners be either seldom troubled or very soon weary, in carrying a very heavy purse.

Tucker Carlson has the new seven p.m. show on Fox and right now it may be the most interesting and engaging show.

Those who claim to write about something larger and more significant than the self sometimes fail to comprehend the dimensions of self.