Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.

Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

Conflict is the soul of literature.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

Take your life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

A mother is the truest friend we have.

I am always at a loss at how much to believe in my own stories.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without.

It's a fair wind that blew men to ale.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.