He tried to reconstruct the story in his mind, but it kept getting confused, bleeding into itself like watercolors.

But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

That's Venus, September thought. She was the goddess of love. It's nice that love comes on first thing in the evening, and goes out last in the morning. Love keeps the light on all night.

Never trust anyone under one hundred!

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.

You should always listen to minotaurs. Anybody with four stomachs has to have a firm grip on reality.

When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

I’ve a devil of a habit for being right.

Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

Begin to study. You can master any field of choice.

If you are weak then it can be your strength

The industrial-based enterprise of the 20th century had run out of gas, and the digital enterprise of the 21st century has the new characteristics and DNA of innovation.

Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.

My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.

Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.

Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.

You can meet lots of actors who are in their own world and do their own thing, and they have no idea what's going on and they don't know anyone's name around them.

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.

Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.