I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it.

Don't confuse contentment with happiness.

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever.

Imagination is as close as we will ever be to godhead . . . for in imagination, we can create wonders.

But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

Things just seem so much better in theory than in practice.

How was is that life never worked out the way it did in his head?

Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects in varying stages of alcoholism.

Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it.

On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.

If bread - the staff of life - feeds the body

A lie has more dynamic than truth but truth has more potential.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

I might do a fitness video. Actually, more of a fatness video.

I've always been drawn to people with problems. Not just physical problems, but mental problems too. Like depressed people or killers, all that stuff.

Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.

I think it would be an excellent idea.

We're going to rebuild America with American workers and American tools.

The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain.