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.

I was the Colleen McCullough of 1971.

It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it

You have a right to be angry, but you mustn't turn that anger back on yourself because that only compounds the damage which has already been done. You must turn the anger outwards.

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

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

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