“I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.”

“I'm often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I'm inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.”

“No longer forward or behindI look in hope or fear,But grateful, take the good I find,The best of now and here.”

“Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.”

“Believe me, it is a great deal better to find cast-iron proof that you're innocent than to languish in a cell hoping that the police---who already think you're guilty---will find it for you.”

“They had a great deal in common, Bowman a little defiantly said. What they had in common was more vital than similar interests--it was wordless understanding and accord. It was love, the furnace into which everything is dropped.”