The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.

We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later.

After a long day, folk rest at night. After a long summer, folk play games and sit about in the winter. After a long life folk sit about the fire and stay warm, for the chill of death is upon them, and even the thickest bearskin can't keep off the shivering.