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There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles.
He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.
You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything
May I die like a dog rather than hasten the ripening of a sentence by a single second!
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears.
I'm like a snake sleeping on a rock. I won't bother you unless you poke a stick at me.
Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly good television set.
Avant-gardism is an addiction that can be appeased only by a revolution in permanence.
it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering.
The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.
Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters.
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.
Like all novelists, I'm interested in the filters between reality and the imagination.
The Qaddafis, father and sons, speak the grammar of dictatorship: threats and bribery.
When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere.
Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.
Nobody ever really sees me the way I am, underneath everything. But she did. She does.
Writers usually don't get to pick our own covers. I know it's surprising to hear that.
I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.
If we are at peace with God and our own conscience, what enemy among men need we fear?
The election is another element of ambiguity, .. and oil remains the crucial variable.
Collectively and individually fielding is largely a matter of thoughts and discipline.
Chinese mercantilism is not free trade, but it is far better than American militarism.
Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.
I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
No great spiritual awakening has begun anywhere in the world apart from united prayer.
Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil.
You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments.
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!
I suffer from a spiritual malaise which manifests itself in outbursts of vicious rage.
I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.
What I learned for myself... is that no matter what the circumstances, people survive.
The writing that I have found to be most false is the writing that doesn't offer hope.
Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.
A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.
Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it.
Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.
Always accepting the greatest joy of all is the time that I get to spend with my wife.
The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
The best predictor of preschool children's physical activity is simply being outdoors.
Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it
I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.
A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?
I had done 12 little romance books, and I decided I wanted to move into crime fiction.