Women are almost always angry with men for one reason or another. It's one of things you'll have to get used to, as you get older.

If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.

I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized language." "Thank you," he said, "I think.

I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

Vanity's ridiculous, but we all fall prey to it from time to time.

Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.

You'll drive yourself crazy if you start trying to pry the meaning out of every gust of wind or rain squall. I'm not denying that there might actually be a few signs that you won't want to miss. Knowing the difference is the tricky part.