The English are mentioned in the Bible; Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

I knew a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and learned forty percent more about cats than the man who didn't.

I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream... I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people's tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.

Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest?

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths

Don't dream your life, but live your dream