Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.

it is axiomatic with most writing people that there are no such things as perfect conditions for work.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Young Doctor Arden was gong through the process of reorienting himself after a night's sleep.

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.

Useless as a pulled tooth.