It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it.

But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

That's Venus, September thought. She was the goddess of love. It's nice that love comes on first thing in the evening, and goes out last in the morning. Love keeps the light on all night.

Never trust anyone under one hundred!

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

You should always listen to minotaurs. Anybody with four stomachs has to have a firm grip on reality.

When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

I’ve a devil of a habit for being right.

Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

I must do something or I shall wear my heart away...

You're lucky. I'm always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.

Ministering for others boosts your faith.

I'm a Helian, and you're an Arcan. We're just made that way. I don't think we would ever be able to really understand each other.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion I think it must be gratitude.

Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.

I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.

I think the most moving part of my trip [to Africa] so far was seeing 92-year-old Nelson Mandela, and just thinking about his life. This man has lived through a struggle that few nations have known.

...there's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives.

When absurdities get repeated often enough, they start sounding like truth.