In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

These are days you'll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.

Sappho and Emily Dickinson are the only woman geniuses in poetic history.

our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.

Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong.

I am Duchess of Malfi still.

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.

I have this propensity to just come out and say things. That's how I am in real life.

The problem of the universal is difficult in every case. The universal and the particular can never be separated; they always go hand in hand.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.