You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't you ever do anything but cook and read?

I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.

May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!

Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

You can't force folks to have good sense, even if they're family. Maybe especially then.

Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.

...you have been fraternizing with warewolves overmuch! Military men can be terribly bad for one's verbal concatenation!

He said, "Yeah, well, artists are a lot like gangsters. They both know that the official version, the one everyone else believes, is a lie.

Effective leaders are good spotters. They are on the lookout forpotential leaders. They have the ability to look beyond other’s deficiencies tosee their possibilities.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

A man who lives unrelated to other human beings dies. But a man who lives unrelated to himself also dies.

A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns.

Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.

Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.