There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did not.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.

Leaving knots untied and scattering seeds to distract them will only work on vampires with OCD.

He who seeks beauty will find it.

His heat warmed her, even as her insides turned to ice.

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace good will toward men.

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.

My mind struggled to formulate a coherent though, any thought. I opened my mouth. "Your pajamas have Eeyore on them." "I like Eeyore. He's sensible. A sober outlook on life never hurt anyone.

My greatest desire is that you would encounter His presence; and everything about your life would be different.

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.