I don’t think I could have picked a worse guy to be my soul mate.

I didn’t want to see it. I didn’t think he’d ever really notice me, and in the end, he didn’t.

I told you we were meant to be, " he says, still smiling, still so Finn, who was always here but who I just didn't see and now--Well, now I kiss him.

And you… do you know what you are?”“Stupid?”“Beautiful, ” he says, his face turning red.

And I know what people say about not listening to insults or how you should let stuff roll off you, but it’s not that easy.

I thought you were going to— you’re standing under my window. Aren’t you supposed to climb up here or something?”“My ladder’s at home.

Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors.

You may derive thoughts from others; your way of thinking, the mould in which your thoughts are cast, must be your own.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

It is not that things are delusory but their separateness in the fabric of the Whole that is illusory.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.

I think the answer has to do with the fact that [Louis D.] Brandeis was a consistent critic of bigness in business and in government.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.

Scholes and Van Nistelrooy drugged the last two defenders.