Joy is only as satisfying as repentance is deep.

And I met Madeline's necromancer. His name's Luca." "A death detector?" Tod made a face. "That's creepy." "It gets weirder. He's dating Sophie." "On purpose?

There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.

Everyone's afraid of everybody else...maybe because we're all afraid of ourselves.

Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other.

Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is seeing their pain and offering them understanding.

Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.

Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious note of the changing times and start leading an awakened life.

Maybe my work is somewhat divided into family stories, things I know intimately, and then everybody else in the world - the strangers who I am totally fascinated with.

We may not always see eye to eye, but we can try to see heart to heart.