We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

Time to toss the dice

Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.

I hate patriotism... I can't stand it. It's a round world last time I checked.

Magnus's eyes gleamed. "He seems to like you. I saw him going for your hand out there like a squirrel diving for a peanut.

I don't want to convert people to Buddhism - all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.

We are only peripherally tied to the lives of others. It takes a long long time for us to become deeply involved with others, and for some this never happens.

It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.

Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.

Wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises.

Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud.

I don't worry about being a woman alone out there. My advice to people is to smile a lot, talk to strangers, accept all invitations and eat everything you're offered.