I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?

Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.

A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.

I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your soul. I want to give you more pleasure than you can bear.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

It's easy to move on when things are so bad that you can't stand them anymore. It's harder when they're just mediocre.

If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.

You still wake up sometimes. You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.

The great lesson to be learned in the battered towns of England and the ruined cities of Germany is that the best way to win a war is to prevent it from occurring.

[When asked if her husband was still living:] It's a matter of opinion.

And ordering me around is exactly the wrong way to make me do what you want.

Problems are good, as long as you solve them quickly.

He simply contemplated human realities from a divine perspective.

Sometimes you have to face up to your fears to realize that they aren't actually real.