They whose guilt within their bosom lies, imagine every eye beholds their blame.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

... when editors were flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of their mad ideas.

Embody the Unique Value Proposition through a consistent brand system

An odd phrase, "by heart," he would add, as though poems were stored in the bloodstream.

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low.

Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?

For a single woman, preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.

The crime part is the engine that moves the narrative and allows me to write the other things I want to write about.

You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

I was always a good student, but I didn't read that much until I was 18 and I was working my way through college.

Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.