"True law, the code of justice, the essence of our sensations of right and wrong, is the conscience of society. It has taken thousands of years to develop, and it is the greatest, the most distinguishing quality which has developed with mankind ... If we can touch God at all, where do we touch him save in the conscience? And what is the conscience of any man save his little fragment of the conscience of all men in all time?"

-- Walter Van Tilburg Clark

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“You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws.”
“The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.”
“When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”
“When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who were always perfect as doctors or lawyers or laborers, and the directors just picked the types they needed and stuffed them into film after film. I do the same [with my characters], book after book.”
“Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.”
“Just be you. I've learned the hard way and in the end, some people are just so full of hate that no matter what you say or do, they'll always have something to say.”
“Plants are as responsive to thought as children.”
“I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.”

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