Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.” Jareth the Goblin King

The final discovery is the discovery of knowledge.

It means that I love you and you love me until forever, Mama. Just like Jesus. Right, Mama?” “Yes, sweetheart. Until forever I will love you. Always remember that, Ethan—until forever.

The professor stared straight ahead. He felt Husam's eyes upon him. He clenched his hands together tightly, lest their shaking reveal everything.

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category. So sue me.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.

The difference between success and failure is not which stock you buy or which piece of real estate you buy, it's asset allocation.