Feelings are best left concealed. They can bite you if you're not careful. They can eat you alive.

Shelby watched the books burn. She wonders if words are pouring down on other people's houses, sad words, like beast and mourn and sorrow and mother.

Don't make me sit through reality.

She has an eye for tragedy and sorrow. Show her a rose and she'll see only the wasp in the center of the bloom.

He sank to his knees, absolutely full of despair and sadness. For a long time, droplets of blood continued to fall into his lap.

Love is one of the strongest feelings one can ever have.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

I had the benefit of experiencing a hundred times more than the average kid. I don't look back with regret at all. It was the best life ever.

Fame and success are very different things.

Never lose your childish enthusiasm and things will come your way.

I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend.

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.