Annis had never been a people person, unless ‘people person’ was defined as a person who ate people.

We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant

Doors are for people with no imagination.

I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like. That’s you, Beryl.

I'm sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilized.

Kindness suits you." "Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.

The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven." "Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil

Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.

Plans are invitation to disappointment.

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

Are you sulking?” “Me? No. I don’t sulk.” “You sound like you’re sulking.” “I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

How you feel about marrying me?" he asked in my ear.

I grew up in Queens, and part of my birthday gift, always, was a Saturday matinee of whatever hit musical there was. When I was three, I saw 'Oliver!'.

When I come to visit my mom - every two or three months - I generally spend five or six hours with her each day. She's always immensely glad to see me, her eldest child, her only son.

Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning. It came out of what men were, but it did not go as men had planned.

Six months later I was in Paris. I was 16, and it all started to happen.

The world is full of small ignorances. We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don't you think

None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade.