And, suddenly, as if her head cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist. Even if they're only in my own mind, she thought, they're there and worth fighting for.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division.

Let go of all the negative thoughts. Fill your mind with positive thoughts.

As long as one suffers one lives.

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

The smell of roasting meat together with that of burning fruit wood and dried herbs, as voluptuous as incense in a church, is enough to turn anyone into a budding gastronome

For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're just trying to do the right thing.

That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.

The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.

The flesh is the upper surface of the unknown.