To say she is only a woman is to say a violin is a piece of wood with strings, and Dante is mere ink printed on paper.

What kind of dark, twisted mind preys on young women? I think it was Poe that said the death of a beautiful woman is the most poetical thing in the universe, and if that was true… I was John Milton.

It was simpler just to keep things simple.

Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.

Meditation is the conscious effort towards altering our subconscious mind.

Fortune helps the intrepid and abandons the cowards. I am the daughter of a man who did not know of fear. Whatever may come, I am resolved to follow that course until death.

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?

The attitude of, I will never self-publish, coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh.

Round-heads and Wooden-shoes are standing jokes.

As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there

I am very good at groveling.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.