An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Reading is no substitute for action.

—Colleen Wainwright

The wise man carries his possessions within him.

—Colleen Wainwright

Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.

—Colleen Wainwright

Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works.

—Colleen Wainwright

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

—Charles Caleb Colton

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

—C. S. Lewis

I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

—Bobby Knight

Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.

—Blaise Pascal