Courage is grace under pressure.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

-- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

-- George Orwell

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

-- Thomas Mann

In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to recall.

-- Miguel de Cervantes

In war, a victory of sixty percent is the best. Total victory breeds complacency.

-- Takeda Shingen

Beauty is always discovered in the actualities of living.

-- Jun'ichirō Tanizaki