There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

How can you wonder your travels do you no good, when you carry yourself around with you?

No man is poor in real terms, because every man owns a great treasure: Existence!

If you want to know the outcome of a game before the game has even started, you need to control each side.

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

My highest aspiration in life is to serve as the Limerick Laureate of Nantucket.

Nothing needs a war. There is no problem that needs a war to bring it to a resolution.

We're all human beings and we all have feelings. And we all live in this industrial meat grinder where we don't really understand love anymore.

Nothing exists in the intellect that has not first gone through the senses.

I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.

The guy was infected with bird flu because he took a sick chicken, slaughtered it and and then ate it.