"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good."

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

"You can make anything by writing."

"I was with book, as a woman is with child"

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality."