Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars.” (Interview with Don Swaim of CBS Radio-1986)

Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way.

Like dew I was bornLike dew I vanish..and all that I have ever done Is but a dreamWithin a dream

When a man’s pride is injured, death is a small price to repay the insult.

Always remember, child… that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good...

…to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world.” If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into the ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however,requires effort. This...

The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life

And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger. And the strongest was always the King, not by strength...

Christianity is a religion. Not a political ideology.

It is bad manners to say that you will piss on anyone. Very bad. It is bad manners and very stupid to say that you will piss on anyone when you are unarmed. It is...

The skyScorched by the sun,WeepsFecund tears.

For a woman, old age is never pretty.

A man has a false heart in his mouth for all the world to see, another in his breast to show all his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one,...

Who knows what tomorrow will bringTomorrow is in the hands of GodTomorrow will be a lovely day.

Money means nothing to a real man.

So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taught—that with care and meticulous acting and tears of pretended pain and fear, and the final modest telltale...

Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing, make nothing but feed off another’s labor?

That’s the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

Patience is important for a man, vital for a leader

First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.

It’s a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the...