What's in a name, anyway? That which we call a nose by any other name would still smell.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

Strangers take a long time to become acquainted, particularly when they are from the same family.

Make a new friend by picking up a book and getting to know it!

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

I'm not leaving you if you don't leave me.

I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three hours. It really depends on how fast the ideas are coming.

She'd always known he didn't love her. But it was easier to bear when he didn't know she loved him. That way they were even. Now he knew he had all the power.

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now there’s a formula. And it works. - But it takes away from the reason we do it.

In proportion to its power, Protestantism has been as persecuting as Catholicism.