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“The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people.”
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“I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, but if you become a doctor, that's your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you're never a specialist. Your field is entirely open; your field is the entire human condition.”
Source : "'How did I end up becoming a novelist?'" by Edward Marriott, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2009. 
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“We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.”
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“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
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“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“That I am a monk and you are a layman is of no importance ... rather that we are both in the light of the Holy Spirit ... Acquire peace, and thousands around you will be saved.”
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“Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?”
Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2010). “When Christ and His Saints Slept”, p.31, Macmillan
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“It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.”
