Although it was very cold, he wore no coat. I think some English people think coats are for the weak.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

Our creative dreams are subject to grudge-holding when we decide that other people somehow have made their dreams real and we have not.

All the faces on the photographs have changed, To not confuse it all, the names remain the same

The greatest rivers always find their way to the ocean. Like a ship reaching out to its motherland.

Being considered beautiful at a young age sends confusing signals. You think people only like you because of your beauty.

I love language, and I love the failure of language.

You know, I'm just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don't feel pressured to be otherwise.

Death is always sad, I suppose, to us who look forward to it: I expect it will seem very different when we can look back upon it.

It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me.

Lost love is still love.

Now I've laid me down to die I pray my neighbors not to pry Too deeply into sins that I Not only cannot here deny But much enjoyed as life flew by.