Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when one is safely at home.

Victory is not won in miles but in inches.

Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that our way is the best way.

Who mentioned the Church? On the contrary, I have great respect for religion. My objection is to those who are against so many things and for so little.

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.