It was as though, in one moment, he had become a stranger. And I a stranger to myself.

But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

If my heart were a compass, you'd be North.

You're like something drawn with the sun's fire, and I can take only little glimpses of you.

There is a passion in you that scares me.

The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori

The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.

You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.

Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system again. Nothing will bind me.

It's the way you look whenever she mentions her fiance. My cat looks like that before he hacks up a hairball.

The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. What matters is you can look in the mirror, and love who you see.

London is not a good place to be when you are sad: so crowded it makes you feel lonely.

If a book is worth reading, it will most probably be worth reading twice.

He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers.

Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.

Men are always murderers, and their calmness and generosity is the calmness of a well-fed animal, that knows itself out of danger.

The violence and sexuality on TV today is exhilarating. You can explore every aspect of society. People's sexual orientations, the violence that goes within that... there are no holds barred.

I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas.

As of now, ALL your opinions are rejected." - Ichigo