Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.

Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.

Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.