In the yard of the inn, Daffy Cadwaladyr introduced himself. "Short for Davyd, " he said pleasantly.The Londoner looked as if she'd never heard a sillier name in her life.

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.

The crow flew closer, as if to hear its praises.

Sometimes words were like glass that broke in her mouth.

I may have had moments of regret in my life, but you know, they wouldn't add up to an hour.

That's what you got for being a servant of no ambition: a shrunken life, hung up like a gibbet as a warning to others.

And tonight Mary could taste bitterness going down like a nut, settling in her stomach. It planted itself, put down roots, and began to grow, nourished on her dark blood.

The sacred heart is filled with joy.

The greatest form of abortion is not letting the man put it there in the first place!

The toughest thing worth losing is Pride.

You find the wrong boy, you ask for trouble. You find the right boy, you find love.

Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.

What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.

The UN can go as far as the U.S. will allow, and no further. And it's bound by conditions that the powerful states, which means mostly the U.S., impose.

In a way, it is I who must do the grunt work. I want to work with kids... I hope we can grow so much that someone else can take care of what I do now.

Sunset is the saddest light there is.