“It's better to have a malign providence than an indifferent one.”
“Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.”
“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.”
“I figure that if a secret has an answer, it'll out on its own if it's meant to, and if it doesn't then maybe providence has a better reason for keeping it hidden than you think.”
“It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.”
“It's better to HAVE and NOT NEED than to NEED and NOT HAVE.”