Death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice.

Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world or a character. They do become our best friends. I've probably spent more time with them over the past 22, 24 years than I have spent with most of the real members of my family.

It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.

One must plan for the future and anticipate the future without fearing the future.

If I had a dog that was sick as often as you are, I'd put it down," he observed kindly.

But change proves that you are still alive. Change often measures our tolerance for folk different from ourselves. Can we accept their languages, their customs, their garments, and their foods into our own lives? If we can, then we form bonds, bonds that make wars less likely. If we cannot, if we believe that we must do things as we have always done them, then we must either fight to remain as we are, or die

Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.