“It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos.”
“A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.”
“In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to be confident of his efficacy and worth.”
“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.”
“Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?”
“A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness”