It appeals to the higher nature of the self to put aside food which once lived - I do not consider myself food, why should I ask all other creatures to consider themselves so?

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.

Children make prayers so thoughtlessly, building them up like sand castles—and they are always surprised when suddenly the castle becomes real, and the iron gate grinds shut.

The oligarchs do not care what justice is, only what seems just. They do not care what mercy is, only what appears merciful. Thus justice and mercy will always escape them.

Stories, ' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

Woman! Come out! I have—" She looked down at the bloodless grass, embarrassed. "I have come to rescue you, " she finally said, as if admitting that she were covered in boils.

You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity is an old and venerable habit.

No one determines your truth but you.You can’t paint your own self-portrait with someone else’s hand.

Lord what fools these mortals be!

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

Everything in life has a place, and when one thing moves, it must go somewhere else.

The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.

I couldn't skate, I couldn't shoot, and I wasn't very intelligent. But I was spectacular

What sort of personality does one need to have, as a twenty-first-century mechanic, to tolerate the layers of electronic bullshit that get piled on top of machines?

It's so French to be a cat person.

There's two kinds of dirty - dirty and sewer-dirty. Danny Ferry is sewer-dirty and has been ever since he was at Duke.

There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other.