Wizard's Eleventh and Final Rule The "Rule Unspoken", the "Rule Unwritten", "The rule from the beginning of time.

Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.

If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.

Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation of the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life's greatest rewards.

Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.

I never could understand why some writers treat women as helpless. Every woman I know is strong in her own unique way.

Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt.