As she climbed a ladder and started boarding up the smashed front windows, Helen realized that some things stay a little bit broken forever—even after they’ve been fixed.

She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart.

Helen stared at him "How do you do that? How do you figure everything out so quickly?""You may be all-powerful, but nothing beats plain old logic." He smiled at her

She'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.

But how could anyone be grateful for what they have if they didn’t know what it was like not to have what they need?

Test.” Hades’ lovely mouth twisted bitterly around the word, as if he could read Helen’s thoughts and agreed with her. “If life is a test, then who do you think grades it?”“You?” she guessed.

To know aberrations is to become involved with them.

Without habitual self-examination, you can be hypocritical, but not see it.

The world of literature is a sacred mirror that shows not the reality around us but the dreams and fears that reality stimulates: It’s not where we live, but life itself.

I don't believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.

For Peter's smile is a most contagious thing.

I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.

I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two.

Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

There are no mistakes in life, and it's not about anybody being able to judge you.

Reading newspapers in the state of Maine is like paying somebody to tell you lies.