George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?

Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?

Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.

Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.

Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.

Excuse me, " she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.

We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.

If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?

Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift

I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.

We never fight for the leader, We fight for the leader's cause.

Sometimes it helps to swim to the other side of our understanding just to make sure all is well

That's what I think is the biggest challenge, is just being still and learning how to just be present in that stillness and not over do it, not over act.

Many peo­ple know the price of every­thing and the value of noth­ing

If the Devil can’t make us really bad, then he’ll try to make us really busy.

I have a jar at home, and I put pennies in it whenever I curse. The other day I spilled the jar. I owe it about $25.

But I'm grateful for everyone who would want to read a spoiler because it means that they care and want to see the movie. I know what it feels like, as an enormous Star Wars fan myself.

There were 15 terrorists, We killed 3 suspects, building collapsed on 5. All of them are dead.

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

The Phoenix Program is must reading for all.