"The account he gives of nurses beats everything that even I know of. This young prophet says that they are all drunkards, without exception, Sisters and all, and that there are but two whom the surgeon can trust to give the patients their medicines."

-- Florence Nightingale

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“I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.”
“Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat.”
“Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.”
“I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.”
“I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.”

Source : Sffworld.com Interview, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.”
“Many leaders rely on confidence, the ability to make timely decisions, and hold themselves and others accountable. But some of these leaders have not yet developed resonance, the ability to read the room, understand and appreciate the thoughts and emotions of others.”
“You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river.”

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