It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth, ” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

It still amazes him how they could have been misled by her personality in Year Eleven. It's what depression does to a person, it changes them completely.

If you want to be loved be lovable.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow.

Success is a lousy teacher.

I woke up this morning, Smiled at the rising sun, Three little birds, Sat on my doorstep, Singing sweet songs

Attachment has to do with suffering, so it's really close to Buddhism, because Buddhism wants to relieve you from suffering; you're supposed to escape from suffering.

The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.

Shaking the past, making my break, taking control, that's what it takes.

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.