But then, gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.

V had a passing thought that she used the word "anyway" like an eraser on a crowded chalkboard. She said it whenever she needed to clear off the things she'd just shared to make room for more.

Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon.

An active mind didn't need distractions in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books and a good lamp. Maybe some cheese and crackers.

A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there.

Okay, well...how's that water feeling, then?' 'Excuse me?' 'The Nile warm this time of the year?

To make your Opinion Count, you have to do something morethan just making Money.

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous favors to the corporations that funded their election campaigns.

Michael had always thought that seeing ghosts was stressful. Those wandering spirits were nothing compared to whatever women had going through their heads at all odd hours of the day.

Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.

We accept women being complete c-nts if they’re doing it for a child.

The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure - that is the choicest of all.

Don't' call it a failure, call it an education. Some of us are very educated.

I'm very open about my shortcomings. It's nothing for me. People think I'm so brave for being like this. But I'm just being me, I'll take it.

Time is a series of fluctuating variables.