...lonely, very lonely to have a past no one else can share.

It is an author's primary duty to entertain. Sling out all the philosophical terms, but keep the reader turning the page.

The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing

Its really most remarkable how the human race is so seldom satisfied with what its got. Give a man the world and he's pining for the moon.

I was the Colleen McCullough of 1971.

Everything in the world is part of a design. Everything has meaning and purpose and a place in the pattern of existence, only it's not always possible to understand what that design is. Only God can understand the design, because he invented it.

One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom.