There is nothing worse than an enemy with imagination.

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.

We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?

I inhale hope with every breath I take.

…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

...A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival...(Here be Dragons)

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.", Chapter 7

During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.

What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

I'm always listening to music to pump myself up.

It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.

I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn't been done. I expect to provoke change.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. It took seven languages to make me; it would be nice if I could have spoken just one.

It is said by the rebels at Roxbury that Col. Watson has given his quota to support the people.

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men with families to feed have been forced to resort to food stamps.

Expand your references, and you'll immediately expand your life.