A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act in a world that often rewards selfishness.
"Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle."
"Power is never innocent, and innocence is never powerful."
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all doing direct the other way.