What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.

It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.

At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.