But were they truly victims? If they made a deal, knowing fully what they were trading for a wish--but then again, could a person ever truly know the consequences of giving away their heart?

Standing on the edge of that darkness, she felt the stirrings of reckless want. A wild sort of bravery beat within her, taking up the hollow space in her chest where a heart should have resided.

Life is a weirdly themed party

I like to keep my dreams attainable. Eat cheese, sleep on a nice bed, have my work in the same museum as Rothko--the usual.

We're all just moments and most of us don't matter. We study less than one percent of all humanity in our history books.

Too many people are missing their destiny a year at a time because they're too scared to think in decades!" (p. 127)

Try to be the best even if you can't be the best, you will be among the betters.

Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that

I'm going to spend it all. . . why leave it to our errors?

I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful - but also very harmful to our society.

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush

Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a "powerful personality."