As it turns out, that persistence is a requirement. Thus, he would tell me, you need the dark to show the light, so you shouldn't curse darkness. You needed death to define life.

Fear triggers need, need powers sincerity. Sincerity is the required element.

Your destiny is to find the truth.

Anger is a shield for the power of the sword's magic, so that helped.

Chickens can move and flop for hours after their heads are cut off. They have no heartbeat either, " Naja said, "and that doesn't involve magic.

A Grace connected creating the World of life, and the world of the dead in pathways of magic.

Without delay, Tilly entered the ninth opening, a number that she knew from Baraccus had great meaning on things having to do with magic.

Eliminate the tyranny of magic from mankind.

Don't give up the calling, Magda. Know yourself. Know what you are. Though few would admit it, even those on the council, I truly believe we all need you. - Councilman Sadler

Life connects us all to magic, as illustrated through the design of the Grace. So, for a Confessor, I don't need a gifted person, just a living one.

The truth has value.

The more you believe, the more you'll be leaving you, when what you believed turns out to be just lies. Or unjust lies. Or any lies, anyway.

I do think about marriage, but it's not the end-all goal.

Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.

I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.

To be an overachiever you have to be an over believer.

[T]hose who are willing to surrender their freedom for security have always demanded that if they give up their full freedom it should also be taken from those not prepared to do so.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

If you always wanted to wait for something better, you'd never buy anything, right?