Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.

With every choice you risk the life you would have had; with every decision, you lose it.

Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until we choose to use it.

Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.

I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak and the small-arms fire over the front lines. If I die, I will die alone.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

I don't think any of my books tell the reader anything new. But they do remind, in a time that is strident and screeching about the limitations of this world and all the trouble we can get ourselves into.