Because until you know what you want to be, other people are just going to keep trying to make you into something useful for them.

We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration.

It was strange how you didn’t realise how much you loved a place until you had lost it completely.

Light doesn’t always keep the dark things away, ” Nyx said.

Men did not like women to weep. It reminded them of their own failings.

And there is good money to be made when things are bad.

We worship the same God and we carry the same sins.

What were all of them, really, but bits of something else? Bits of stars?

There was a fine line between madness and intelligence.

It was the secret to winning any contest, he said, in life or in the boxing ring – you just had to get up more than you fell down.

You started caring about somebody, you did stupid things.

The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it.

He who is ready to die for his country is a fool. For he didn’t choose where he was born

I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.

Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum.

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.

Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself.

Pledge allegiance to the struggle.

At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.

You the one in all, say who I am. Say I am you.