I am here to tell youWe are all of us just as mighty as planets—and you too, We'll let you in, we've got stalwart to spare—But you might have to sleep on the floor.

I got a heart like a half bottle of no-label whiskey.Nothing to brag on, but enough for you, and all your friends, too.

And hell, sometimes the best thing is to put on a black dress and become a wicked stepmother. There’s power in that, if you’re after power.

This is not a lie: Memory has the taste and texture of cooked meat. Eat it and live. Remember, but only what it is licit to remember.In Aerograd, the word for meat and memory are the same.

You can conquer fear with faith.

There were cracked head stones, dead flowers and weeds coming through the ground. Even the trees looked lifeless. --The Body By the Tree

We pass through this world but once.

Love who you are, and you're good enough, and you don't need to feel like you need to apologize for who you are, and you don't need to feel like you need to try to be someone you're not.

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.

Archaeology is the only branch of Anthropology where we kill our informants in the process of studying them.

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

Change happens when one individual has had enough pain and finds the inner resolve to ask for help and make a difference.

You can't lead me down that rode.