It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

The world is chock-full of monsters.

Hello, Minister!" bellowed Percy, sending a neat jinx straight at Thicknesse, who dropped his wand and clawed at the front of his robes, apparently in awful discomfort. "Did I mention I'm resigning?

Silence upon silence, with a heaping pile of extra silence.

I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.

...we do not own these woods. They own us.

Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.

Who can do anything after Beethoven?

Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.

America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety.

[Donald Trump] will try to renegotiate the trade deals a little bit.