Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever.

Don't confuse contentment with happiness.

Imagination is as close as we will ever be to godhead . . . for in imagination, we can create wonders.

But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

Things just seem so much better in theory than in practice.

How was is that life never worked out the way it did in his head?

Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects in varying stages of alcoholism.

Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it.

I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it.

On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.

Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.

We know that the world is not resting on the horn of a bull

Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book.

To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don't have to do squat!

You walk into the locker room, and you see players with their ripping muscles and stomachs you could wash your clothes in.

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.