“War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.”

“The universe holds a destiny in store for people who will not build their own, but they seldom like it.”

“If you would see a man's heart, knock him down. Then observe how he rises. If you would see his soul, do it a thousand times more.”

“There is wisdom out there that cant be relayed in musings or sage advice. Like the complexity of life itself, it simply wont condense. It can only be shown in its entirety. It takes a story.”

“The weight of history swings on choices. To understand why people make the choices they do is to understand the whole of history and most of the future.”

“To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“Sometimes two people have to fall apart, to realize how much they need to fall back together.”

“Good literature is one key to peace. When we stop reading each other, when we stop paying attention to each other's words and stories, we too easily oppose one another.”

“There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel and the novel, only between good books and bad books. A good book tak...”

“There are many different stories to tell. It's never the same. Every day weather blows in and out, alters the surface. Sometimes it is stripped down to a single essential truth, the thing that is a...”

“I'm skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later...”

“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.All of them?Sure, he says. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, cap...”