But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, "Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write.

I am not the river I am the net.

When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

I never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.