The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.

My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.

The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.

I live constantly in the fear of not being misunderstood.

True love is just like regular love, but with more truth.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

I put my talent in my work, I save my Genius for my life.

The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.

Now produce your explanation and pray make it improbable.

They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance

There better not be a God because I'll be in big trouble.

Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.

You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.

It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Sometimes I think that if I wasn't crazy... I'd go crazy.

The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred.

Writing 'Redeployment' shook me in ways I never expected.

The girls in my books are out solving their own problems.

What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

The wickedness of the few makes the calamity of the many.

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.

Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.

Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language?

It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.

There is no need of spurs when the horse is running away.

He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Believe in fate, but lean forward where fate can see you.

That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.

I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.

The pain of hope dying is worse than his fists and boots.

You were leaving, and you didn't even know if I was okay.

What am I doing? Nothing. I am letting life rain upon me.

Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind.

With the shock of war the state comes into its own again.

Our debt was too great and the words thank you too small.

I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.

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