I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.

Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit.

Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.

As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway.

A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.

Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.

You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.

Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.

It’s the people who don’t worry—those who never have any doubts that what they’re doing is good and right—they’re the ones that cause the problems.

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out of my cold dead hands.

Clary, " he said. "You're Clary. You're my best friend.

I'd forgotten about it, and now I forgot it again. There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.

And Death it calls as the stone crow breaks. Streaks of blood malform its face.Death becomes its withered eyes and the shadows whisper, “Lies.” Excerpt from "Lies

The sonatas of Mozart are unique they are too easy for children and too difficult for artists.

The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.

We can only converse if we can speak the same language. So if we are going to build One Nation, we need to start with everyone in Britain knowing how to speak English.

I have lived the American dream in every aspect, and now I hope to make a very big impact in helping the planet.

I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.

Neither pleasure nor pain should enter as motives when one must do what must be done.

Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.