Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert.

Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert.

Ian McEwan

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin.

He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin.

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.

The world should take note: not everything is getting worse.

The world should take note: not everything is getting worse.

The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse.

The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse.

I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.

I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.

Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?

Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?

When there are no consequences, being wrong is simply a diversion.

When there are no consequences, being wrong is simply a diversion.

Not being boring is quite a challenge.

Not being boring is quite a challenge.