Useless to worry until we find outselves blocked. ... If it happens, then we must simply find a way around it. It may slow us down. But we will never get there at all if we stand still and worry.

Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.

Anticipating pain was like enduring it twice. Why not anticipate pleasure instead?

Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and the choices are simple and always your own. Wolves have no kings

There is little in life so reassuring as a genuine welcome.

Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less.

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You cannot undo yesterday's journey.

Do you not see how strange and wonderful that is? That all history balances on an affair of the human heart?

Let your heart be as big as it can possibly be.

A great many people mistake opinions for thought.

What about mold, " Tom reminded her. "Fuzziness on a girl is never attractive.

Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm

When a mother dies, a daughter’s mourning never completely ends.

Our people still need support. Support us through writing your government officials. We are still on the verge of extinction, with continued injustices brought against us.

Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures of feeling like one rather than actually being one.

No, I happen to be one of those people whose memory shuts down under pressure. The answers would come to me in the middle of the night in my sleep! Besides, I am a millionaire.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.