I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

The future looks a bit bleak to me.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry.

With hope, we can endure any hardship.

Nevermore shall men make slaves of others! Not in Asgard--not on Earth--not any place where the hammer of Thor can be swung--or where men of good faith hold freedom dear!

Lady, you have just become a wanted woman. I suggest you start running.

It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.

Im not impressed by anything the Miami Heat does.

Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just go ahead, and never look back!

I started modeling when I was 13 or 14, I think.

You’ve got to have a little more confidence in us than that. It’s insulting.

Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.

I'm not saying that a child who was abused or beaten or abandoned made that happen, but your reaction to it is always yours.