Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

When there's no difference, there's no time, no world, no separativity - and there's no you ... nor is there an I.

I think I'm a pretty cliché actor in that I hate watching myself on film. I don't know why it should be humbling to see yourself on film.

To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.

I love working with women directors. They don't mind making you cute.

I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try!

The forests have taught man liberty.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison.

Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth.