Familiarity breeds contentment.

One man's Poison Ivy is another Fellow's Spinach.

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.

Scatter seeds of kindness.

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Home when it comes to Wearing what you like.

Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!

Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity

People need joy quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more.

Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world.

I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.

That American Taliban kid Johnny Walker was indicted today. Ten counts of terrorism. He could get 5 life sentences. In Taliban terms, that's 360 virgins.

Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self.

I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.

This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.

There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.

It's then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb. Of course she would.