When she had failed once or twice to respond to some conversational gambit or other, Bond also relapsed into silence and occupied himself with his own gloomy thoughts.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.

People are islands, ' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.

A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience.

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

In your own life it's important to know how spectacular you are.

When you were in a room with Kurtis James, whether it was one or a hundred other people, Kurtis seemed to be the only one there

With prayer of thanks, I wait in patient for God to act.

You’re hurt.”“No. No, I’m fine. It’s not blood. The militiamen were adjusting Sir Lewis’s trebuchet, and there was a mishap. You took a melon for me.” She smiled, even though her lips trembled.

Men are so inevitably mad that not to be mad would be to give a mad twist to madness.

The gristle of the underneath stings in the air of responsibility.

Standing up for yourself is about more than flinging barbed-wire insults around. Its about picking your battles, knowing when to fight, knowing exactly what and who is worth fighting for.

The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.

All that any of us has to do in this world is his simple duty

I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.