As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for the other.

You must appreciate that love is the last reason for which a man marries.

Humiliation scars deeper than the lash.

Memory is a great deceiver: it embroiders until naught is left but the glory and the pleasure.

Love wasn't a piece of music you could play over and over again with different interpretations. It actually needed to be improvised as you went along.

Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue. Find out all the facts and stamp out the fire. Demystify.

Living is a hazardous profession.