Dear Brigan, she thought to herself. People want incongruous, impossible things. Horses do, too.

Location: Amsterdam, Where Fire Is Called "Vlam

I'm not good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away.

When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

I don't want to love you if you're only going to die.

He considered her seriously. "Well. And that's easy," he said. "My Grace will protect me from him, And I'll protect you. You'll be safe with me, Katsa.

I'm not such a bad fighter myself," Skye said. Po exploded with laughter. "Oh, fight him, Katsa. Please fight him. I can't imagine a more entertaining diversion.

Your eyes are beautiful," he said, and she felt warm suddenly, warm in the sun that dappled through the treetops and rested on them in patches.

Wonderful," Garan grumbled when he'd gone. "We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.

Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.

Wishing gets you nothing.

Names can be a doorway into knowing who a person is, and that is certainly true of God. A study of His names is a study of who He is and will be for you.

Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here's a little tip Howard - cut back on the Red Bull.

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too.

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

You know where nice people end up? On welfare.

Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.