Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.

I remain thankful to God for all his mercies.

So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .

Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretatio n for the new language may be not only inevitable but desirable.

Hate eats the hater the way ogres eat little boys.

I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.

...it’s not just the person who fills a house, it’s their I’ll be back later!s, their toothbrushes and unused hats and coats, their belongingnesses.