Anyone who said power was not addictive had never really experienced it.

No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

I love the gray area between right and wrong.

Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Neutrinos have mass? i didn't even know they're Catholic!" Robert to Vittoria

…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.

— Why did blondes vote for Clinton? — They didn't know how to read and thought she can make their life hilarious!

Tobias loved her more than he’d loved anything—his family, his duty, even himself. There, perhaps, the Herondale blood ran true.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate.

One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

Not that I'd really been planning on keeping the attack secret; it had just been an option I'd wanted to keep open if I could.