Eleanor, " Daniel said. "Miss Fitt! Wake up!"I fluttered my eyelids open. "I'm not a misfit anymore, " I rasped. "I thought I told you that.

There was no heaven here. Eternal life meant waking up as a putrid corpse.

The fault is not in our stars, " I whispered to the ceiling. "But in ourselves. This was my choice.

Curiosity is a strong fire, and once ignited, it is not easily put out.

Miss Fitt, you know curiosity gets men killed."I grinned. "Then I daresay it's good I'm a woman.

Your destiny lies in your hands and can be molded with each passing day by the choices you make

It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.

Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes there is always enough left to lasso your heart.

It takes courage to set priorities because doing so is an admission that American policy cannot be all things to all people - or rather to all interest groups

I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.

The sun cares nothing for illumination.

Gods you avoid won't hurt you.

The early worm deserves the bird.

Man's mind a mirror is of heavenly sights,A brief wherein all marvels summèd lie,Of fairest forms and sweetest shapes the store,Most graceful all, yet thought may grace them more.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.