I was terribly, painfully present in the world, and so far removed from it.

See, they say it’s ‘survival of the fittest’, but you and I really know that it’s ‘survival of the most heavily armed

No. No more surprises. No more secrets. Or so help me, I will rip off your own leg and beat you with it.

What about mold, " Tom reminded her. "Fuzziness on a girl is never attractive.

Innocent and joyfulI take your handfor I know you judge not, you simply understand.You are my companionon this voyage of discovery, singing sweet soft musicto the universe inside of me.

A wise man once said the fact that everyone lies is a universal truth, the only variable is about what.

You may think that you don't want to read about the problems of being brought up Mennonite, but the great thing about books is that you'll read anything a good writer wants you to read.

I can’t hate you. We’re too connected. I can’t hate you without hating me.

I can speak four dialects, but none of them is fairy language.

Yep, that girl was as dead as you could get inside. But Scarlett Jo wasn't worried. Not really. Because sometimes a person has to die in order to really live.

I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two.

She had never imagined that curiosty was one of the many masks of love .

It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

It does not hurt weak eyes to look into beautiful eyes never so long.