Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.

Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.

Those who fear the imagination condemn it: something childish, they say, something monsterish, misbegotten. Not all of us dream awake. But those of us who do have no choice.

It’s an odd thing, happiness. Some people take happiness from gold. Or black pearls. And some of us, far more fortunate, take their happiness from periwinkles.

There was the gaudy patch of sunflowers beside the west gate of the palace of the Prince of Ombria, that did nothing all day long but turn their golden-haired, thousand-eyed faces to follow the sun.

She is our moon. Our tidal pull. She is the rich deep beneath the sea, the buried treasure, the expression in the owl's eye, the perfume in the wild rose. She is what the water says when it moves.

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.

Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.

Love and anger are like land and sea: They meet at many different places.

That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.

Nothing is respectfully amazing than a man who finds no shame to tell the world how grateful he is for all the love and sacrifices his woman made..

I lay on my back, surprised at how calm and focused I felt, strapped to four and a half million pounds of explosives.

If winter helps you curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons.

The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in

Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite.

I feel that it's important our professionals have the tools to keep the enemy, to stop their attacks.

I've always toured solo acoustic.

I do what I do because there's nothing else for me to do. This is what I'm supposed to be doing.

Plastic shoes are to the shoe world what fast food is to fine cuisine.

One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered.