Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.

I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn`t quite of the real world.

Black as night and as beautiful as forever.

never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.

Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.

When all else fails, give up and go to the library.

No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.