I was handed a tough life lesson at a very early age.
I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.
And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.
Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home.
If you want to study writing, read Dickens
I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.
Only through the inner channels can a person even hope to approach the ancient wisdoms. The outer works are thus simply a doorway to the hidden, spiritual things of life.
Smile, it's free therapy.
She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.
I'm just a footnote in the grand scheme of things. Brother Walfrid was the visionary who started things and his is a name that should stay in people's minds.