Commitment — A promise or a firm decision to do something. (N)

Accomplish

Achievement

Balance

Budget

Challenging

Concentrate

Constant

Deadline

Decrease

Differentiate

Discard

Disorganisation

Eliminate

Evaluate

Expertise

External

Fatigue

Frequent

Impose

Interruption

Interval

Invest

Mess

Misleading

Moodiness

Overwhelming

Personality

Preparation

Prioritise

Productive

Record

Regardless

Relate

Reward

Rid

Schedule

Select

Self-disciplined

Self-motivated

Time-consuming

Unpleasant

Urgent

Valuable

Wisely

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about all three. They just happen to be personal obsessions of mine.

I hate it when everybody thinks I'm a... what's the word, a marauding mother! It's bigger than that.

A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life with all its agony and ecstasy. But for the idealist it is only the beginning.