If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isn't death that we fear. It's living.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, " he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

I live my life in the light of your love.

The activation or survival of happiness in one's mind doesn't depend on external things. All that it needs are some consistent positive interpretations of your life and its experiences.

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

It is, Sir, as I have said, a small College, And yet, there are those who love it.

Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these.

You don’t forget. You just move past it. Let go. Be who you were supposed to be instead of who they make you feel like you should be

You think that just because it's already happened, the past is finished and unchangeable? Oh no, the past is cloaked in multicolored taffeta and every time we look at it we see a different hue.

Kosovo is Serbian, only if my mother is a Virgin