For somewhere, said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, there is in the hay a needle, and among the sleeping dogs there is one on whom I shall put my foot, and by shoo...

God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown,But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown.And to this beauteous garden He brought mankind to live,And said To you, my children, The...

Grand strategy is about marrying ends to means, about doing what you can, consistent with the nation's capabilities and resources.

I don’t think anyone ever gets completely used to conflict. If it’s not a little uncomfortable, then it’s not real. The key is to keep doing it anyway

I let my gaze travel out the picture window. Unlike at my old doublewide trailer perched on the fringe of a played out quarry, here I owned a real yard with real grass that screamed for mowing each Mo...

I love to write. But it has never gotten any easier to do and you can't expect it to if you keep trying for something better than you can do.

I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.

I name you Elf-friend; and may the stars shine upon the end of your road!

I open my mouth. I want o say: I'm breaking, and i need someone to hold me together.But no sound comes out.

I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad.

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I goTo heal my heart and drown my woeRain may fall, and wind may blowAnd many miles be still to go

I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

I still feel haunted,' she said. 'I thought it would go away. I thought if I faced it, it would all go away.''It doesn't go away. Ever. But you get better at it.''At what?''At being haunted,' Avasaral...

I think you're talking shit. You think we don't all feel like that? Like we're crazy, like we're not a real person, like we don't exist? Everyone feels that way sometimes. I can remember talking to yo...

I thought you needed me, Jem said. There is a wall you have built about yourself, Will, and I have never asked you why. But no one should shoulder every burden alone. I thought you would let me inside...

I wouldn't mind if the consumer culture went poof! overnight because then we'd all be in the same boat and life wouldn't be so bad, mucking about with the chickens and feudalism and the like. But you...

I'll wait. By the way, sex-me-up shoes?I was following a theme.Well. Reo turned her ankles, looked down. They are pretty fabulous.They are, Mira agreed.I was going to say the same about yours. What a...

I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin from or goin to or...

I'm serious, Harry, don't go. But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in front of the mirror, and Ron wasn't going to stop him.That third night he found his way more quickly...

I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons, said Luna, sounding mildly interested. That was noisier than I thought it would be.