... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

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

Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed

Hate cannot live alone. It must have love as a trigger, a goad, or a stimulant.

Yes, you will. And I will warn you now that not their blood but your suspicion might build evil in them. They will be what you expect of them…I think when a man finds good or bad in his children he is seeing only what he planted in them after they cleared the womb." "You can’t make a race horse of a pig." "No," said Samuel, "but you can make a very fast pig.

It don't cost money to ask.

Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time.