Occupation: Novelist Birth: August 14, 1933 Death: November 22, 2012
I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me, where my tears joined the te….
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles..
When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win..
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it..
Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth..
I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die..
As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making o….
Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and disappointment than the….
If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exac….
what is a german? to say a man is a german, what is that? does it tell you if he is a good man? or a bad man? no, my friend, it tells you nothing abo….
I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream..
First with the head, then with the heart..