Waiting is worse than knowing. Grief rends the heart cleanly, that it may begin to heal waiting shreds the spirit.

He took her into his arms again, using all his strength to be gentle, and let his lips touch hers so lightly he could hardly feel it.

You have no enemy until you make one.

Intuition is the voice of the spirit within you.

We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?

Dreams can be relentless tyrants.

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

teaching meant for the hands enters most easily through the eyes.

As the sun is to the earth, so Honour is to a man. without it, he will not flourish. All else may fail you, but honour is the treasure no one can take from you, the shield no one can penetrate unless you let them. Honour is beautiful and clean. Honour is sacred.

I'm Irish!...When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when I am dead I shall be deader than anybody.

There is no disgrace in peace. There can never be dishonor in peace.

If you would have peace, genuine peace, you must accept all the aspects of your personality and learn to be comfortable with them.