There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

True allegiance is only given willingly.

Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.

I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.

The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes. No foam-born Aphrodite, she vaguely resembles my old piano teacher, who was keen on metronomes.