"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed."

"Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind."

"We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death."

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."

"What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told."

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases it will never pass into nothingness."

"The foundation of joy is a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired."