When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

If you want to do something healthy for yourself - focus on your internal relationship. A diet, external, or materialistic fix WON'T work.

Am I in trouble? He chortled, "well, a bunch of not-so-friendly thugs were waiting to ambush you and blow up your apartment. If that doesn't qualify as trouble, I don't know what does.

I won't tell if you don't." I winked.Granny laughed.In the South, a wink speaks louder than words.

A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.

Defeatism is the wretchedest of policies.

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

she considered the possibility of telling her about everything that was happening, but then she changed her mind; people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.

My joy in friends, those sacred people, is my consolation.

During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

Cooking is a life skill. We need to eat every day so why not find out about what you're putting into your body?