Grace hated lying, got no joy from it, and this was how she knew she wasn't pathological.

Anger was simple, self-sustaining as a cactus. You couldn't look too closely at it, lest the spines get you in the eye.

You need one person who knows you... Just one person you can't fool, even when you fool yourself.

But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better.

The best lies were the simplest and made the most sense, in the mind and in the mouth.

The universe would give you whatever you wanted if you twisted its arm hard enough.

She hadn't realized she was lonely until she began to understand that other people were not.

I thought Candy Mountain was a real place

Sebastian never does anything just for fun.” Jace took Clary’s hand and pulled her toward him. “But I do.

She was staying. A little longer. V smiled to himself. So this was what winning the lottery felt like.

This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.

To believe that one, or even three, mates can supply all the things one needs from one's friends is as stupid as believing married couples must do everything together.

To every trend there is a counter-trend. There are a number of pendulums operating and each creates new business opportunities.

[The director] has to, I feel, be one step back, not only from cinema, but also from politics and all these issues in order to tell and depict the situation that spreads to people.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

The first rule of holes is when you're in one, stop digging. When you're in three, bring a lot of shovels.

Drawing is the root of everything.