To many people, free will is a license to rebel not against what is unjust or hard in life but against what is best for them and true.

The rain wasn't the usual glittering silver, but dark and dirty, as if nature were a scrubwoman wringing out a filthy mop.

I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher.

Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard again, until by the end of the journey, we sit in a passenger car where most of the seats are empty.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.