He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed. She'd probably mind.

She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons.

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

The Maker is the Mighty One.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

I'm self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.

We are the first generation of human beings to have substantial insights into the origin of our cosmos and of human life in it.

What makes us different? We're the creature that can decide not to do something that we are capable of doing.

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.

The universe remains dark. We are animals struck by catastrophe.

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

The wealthiest man among us is the best