If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing in God

Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.

Terry Pratchett

I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff.

Daniel H. Wilson

There are times I wish I were invisible. Which is silly, since I do everything I can to stand out.

Gena Showalter

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.

Phyllis Schlafly

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Richard Bach

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

William Shakespeare

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

B. C. Forbes

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Queen Elizabeth II

My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.

Hugh Laurie

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward if you go forward, you have to jump together.

Yo-Yo Ma

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt