Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.

A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.

It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover how the concealed parts of angels are leporous.

People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.

And her joy was nearly like sorrow.

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.