Only a fool blames the dealer

Even a book can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and when that happens, you blame the hands, but you also read the book.

These people are so damned proud of their hatred! Hatred is easy, and lazy to boot. It’s love that demands effort, love that exacts a price from each of us. Love costs; this is its value.

Fortune favors the bold, history tells us. Therefore, it behooves us to be as bold as possible.

Anger was the indulgence of a child, not a queen.

Always, we think we know what courage means. If I were called upon, we say, I would answer the call. I would not hesitate. Until the moment is upon us, and then we realize that the demands of true courage are very different from what we had envisioned, long ago on that bright morning when we felt brave.