Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgence & consumption.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else's life.

Wisdom is the best gift you can ever build. It gets you to unimagined heights and knowledge follows it.

I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words.

Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

By learning to be more warm-hearted we can create a more compassionate world.

Hope lies in what action we take.

It is in the nature of the mind that the more we cultivate and familiarize ourselves with positive emotions, the more powerful they become.

The future can be different if we choose to make it so.

Shut up and write.

A job shouldn’t be a mean of existence but rather, a means of sustenance

He'd known, since the moment he figured out who she was, that while Celaena would always pick him, Aelin would not.

People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it.

Cats aren’t special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.

We all take leave of our senses, from time to time. . . . .

He never said "Don't tell your mama." He never had to say it. I did not know how to tell anyone what I felt, what scared me and shamed me... (109)

I love the future we might invent for ourselves that I have not yet dreamt of.

You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.