It's only a little secret, but having a secret makes me feel better. Like a human being again.

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.

Money can't buy off the lightning.

My view is that organized religion is a very dangerous tool that's been misused by a lot of people.

The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been." But the man in black persisted as if Roland hadn't spoken. "Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!

We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.