Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

Light poured out multiplies light poured in.

I didn’t want to get burned. I didn't want to be the other woman, but I wanted him with all my might.

Lewis spoke for almost every member when he said, "There is no sound I like better than adult male laughter.

It's taking our officers much longer to respond to an accident because they have to fight their way through all of the traffic just to get to the scene

Casually mount the sounds and straddle the colors while you transcend listening and surpass watching.

Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

I don't like to stop. I'm a big person who looks at where the hubs are because I hate changing planes.

I think England has been in the long-term damaged by Britishness.

When people bump up against one another in the course of pursuing their goals, it is in everyone's interest to resolve any resulting problems in the least costly ways possible.

Heaven is not a club we enter. Heaven is a state we attain, in accordance with our “capacity to receive” a blessed and sanctified nature.