A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.

I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.