He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way.

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

I go on many thrilling adventures and wondrous, profound escapades through books.

As a matter of social class Ku Klux Klan would have been regarded as white trash.

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.

With words alone, Gail Godwin has created an important piece of music about a love which death can only increase and deepen. Yes, and Frances Halsband's illustrations are a haunting countermelody.