Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.

Fight with realistic hope, not to destroy all the world's wrong, but to renew its good.

The very term "turning pages" suggests nonstop action. But I am all about character and beautiful writing. I eat that up like popcorn. Whether a book is action-packed or not, all I need are well-written prose and quirky, fabulous characters to keep me going.

Kiss me, Hardy!’ Weren’t those Nelson’s last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don’t cry. We’re still alive and we make a sensational team.

It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

Five years of destruction and mayhem, lives lost everywhere, shortages of food and fuel and clothing - and the insane mind behind it just urges us all on and on to more destruction. And we all keep playing.

You can come back to friendship. You can let it drop, for five years or ten years, and come back to it.