Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them.

My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.

A hundred objective measurements didn't sum the worth of a garden; only the delight of its users did that.

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.