We ought to take him offshore and dunk him 10 feet underwater and pull him up and ask him What's that all over your face?
We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real. . . . Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.
There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.
Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.
When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.
Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize.
There is nothing more common than to find considerations of supply affecting the strategic lines of a campaign and a war.
There's no good guys and bad guys.