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"Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?"

"On the contrary, history generally confirms that the more conscious and the better you are organized in vanguard organizations, the more constructively you operate in the mass organizations of the working class."

"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."


"Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai.On my shoulders I support the sky.Trust me to know and to do what is best,And I will take care of the rest.But trust is the color of a dark seed growing.Trust is the color of a heart's blood flowing.Trust is the color of a soul's last breath.Trust is the color of death.Give me your trust said the queen on her throne,for I must bear the burden alone.Trust me to lead and to judge and to rule, and no man will think you a fool.But trust is the sound of the grave-dog's bark.Trust is the sound of betrayal in the dark.Trust is the sound of a soul's last breath.Trust is the sound of death."


"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."

"A land is precious, but ours is to be revered."

"Feelings are like a color chart that God has given us."

"It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different."


"What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is People forget that they have to create their wealth in their nation. They rather think they must be given."

"There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce."

"Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."

"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."

"Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act."


"I love science fiction - always have."

"A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell."

"You can't do everything for everyone, not even for yourself. It's okay to ask for help when you need it."


"Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates and looking for a way to enslave themselves again under a boss in the name of looking for a job."

"The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment."

"Give yourself without expecting any return."

"Life however is teeming with vitality and is likewise terribly tenacious, holding on against impossible odds in impossible situations over impossible lengths of time."

"In the legend of Camelot, King Arthur gave consideration as to how his knights might be positioned spatially to impart a message of power and status. He decided they would have their meetings at a round table, which meant that they were all considered equal and there was no "head of the table. He built a league based on equality and mutual respect to unify and fortify the power of teamwork."


"Belane, are you nuts?"Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm?"

"Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today."

"Win or lose, at least I'm doing something."


"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."


"A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it."
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