Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.

Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.

The easiest way to do something is properly.

If the world is a book, are you the hero, or just a walk-on part?

Faith comes in different tempers: there's the hard, brittle faith that shatters when it meets an obstacle it can't cut through, and the tough, springy faith that bounces off unchipped.

There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.

The enemy is never more unnerving than when he's invisible.