I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost.

Best thing that can happen to a man is a good woman.

If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.

Evil men often easy to mislead, because they have spent so long deceiving that they no longer recognise the truth and mistake deseption for it.

Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are what they are. When the facts are too sharp, you can craft a cheerful version of the situation and cover the facts the way that you can covered a battered old four-slice toaster with a knitted cozy featuring images of kittens.