It was only a phrase that went from mouth to mouth and was never quite swallowed.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting.

Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone.

History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.

You have traveled far, but the hardest part of a journey is always the next step.

It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up.

Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.

if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.

Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.

I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.

A lot of people are not interested in stories in which they don't see themselves.

I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.

He squinted at me. "What are you wearing? Is that some new form of birth control?

And when I was in the trunk, I saw Jesus. And the Virgin Mary. And Ozzy Osbourne.

When you're trying to expand your business, it's about real estate in the stores.

Things that are easily done are often much harder to undo. Sometimes, impossible.

Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall.

Chaykin at his ballsiest and most dynamic. This is how the Shadow should be done.

This was not a spurr-of-the-moment decision. Do not take me for granted... again.

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.

...there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes you.

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

Women are more emotional than men, so they must attach emotion to their memories.

'Hawkeye' is much more intimate than any of the superhero works I've done before.

I want my marriage to be like th Earth, full of life and revolving around the Son

This, I thought, was true love. Someone who made you happy without saying a word.

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

You move forward because thats the way it works; thats the only place you can go.

In the dark you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.

A tweet in an article can feel more permanent and louder than a tweet on Twitter.

I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination

Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: 'Kid's gotta be a maniac.

Now? I'm just another female faking orgasms to make a man not feel so inadequate.

For 'The Gift of Stones,' I spent an afternoon chasing a flock of Canadian geese.

I offer detailed but mostly invented narratives about the provenance of my books.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

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