in this great war [WWI] ... they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. The freedom to think hopefully of the future.

Coincidence is a messenger sent by truth.

Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.

Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you.

Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.

My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.

It was time to move on, to dance with life again.

a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.

I often think it would be really interesting to take all of those who would wage war to the battlefield cemeteries, and say, explain yourself to the dead. Explain yourself to the dead!

One always has riches when one has a book to read.

Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.

Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen.

In our hip-hop lives we make rhymes we make beats we go big or go home. - Esme from Sister Mischief

[E]very man ought to say to himself, "Am I really the kind of man who has the right to act in such a way that humanity might guide itself by my actions?

In reality, while we aim for excellence, we're always living on somebody's dunghill.

In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord.

A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs.

'Cause you can't buy a house in heaven!

If I'm going to have something rich and yummy, I'm not reaching for prepackaged brownies. I'm going to make a pie from scratch.

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.