Everyone should get to clobber a princess at least once," Jason said.

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

I'm an expert at failure. That's how I succeeded. Failure fuels success, as long as you fail forward.

Practice the pause. Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you're about to react harshly and you'll avoid doing and saying things you'll later regret.

Too bad he was officially the enemy.

When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.

We want revenge. We played well against them last time, and we feel like it's our turn.

The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.

I sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day - and the sitting down is all.

I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.

I love the training, learning the stunts, doing them. I love feeling that power - doing things you could never actually do in life - like flying and doing backflips in the air!

The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God.