There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing

I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond it.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

A life has to move or it stagnates. Even this life, I think. Every tomorrow ought not to resemble every yesterday.

A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.

A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

That's what makes death so hard--unsatisfied curiosity

There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.

Conformation ... but not much else. Breeding, but too small a heart. You saw it everywhere - in men, in horses, and in women.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

If travel were so inspiring and informing a business...then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers, Pullman porters, and Mormon missionaries.

Don't restrain yourself to mundaneness. You're subject to consciousness that makes you more than animalistic.

I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.

I think a lot of people have an idea of virtual reality from science fiction, books and movies that have been out over the last couple of decades.

The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations.

Cam: She is so lovely when she sleeps. Daniel: Is that why you wanted her to sleep for all eternity?

You never really fail until you stop wanting.

Give me your hand out of the depths sown by your sorrows.

Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.