If you want truth you should begin by giving it.

Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.

If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.

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

Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.

I loved all the world's mythologies.

I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.