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.

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out.

There's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.

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.

One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the first time things invisible before become suddenly visible.

Much of command is the ability to take command.