A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

Sincerity’ and ‘morality’ is the basement of this world.

Thoughts are circular, they don't take you anywhere. They don't have feet-they can't gain any ground. They can trap you if you don't eventually stand up and make a move.

Happiness isn't reserved for privileged individuals. It is a state of mind that can neither be bought nor stolen nor traded

People-pleasers feel they must constantly be performing acts of service to others to gain acceptance. That requires a lot of work, effort, and energy. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label.

The more you love, the more love you are given to love with.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

Utterance is the evidence of foregone study.

All teenage girls like to look good and tennis players are no different.

I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.