Proportion is the heart of beauty.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.