The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as such weapons exist, so, too, will the risks of use and proliferation.

I think each book sort of finds its own theme as it goes on. 'Warded Man' was fear. 'Desert Spear' was exploration of the other. 'Daylight War' was relationships. Some of this is intentional, and some of it evolves naturally. The series as a whole is obviously something I have given a lot of thought to, but each book is its own animal as well.

I'm proud that I have done so many different kinds of things and maintained an amazing family. And I think that's the joy: that I've been able to have everything.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.