Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

everything happens for a reason.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

What a schmuck!

...It is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

My fingers find his. They are warm, pulsing with genetically altered blue blood, powered by mirror matter.

Our fate is determined in rooms that must be easy to clean

...his vacant eyes took on a more sinister look, taking notice of us for the first time, a stranger in our midst, a monster.

Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.

France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.

Let the poor man mind his tongue

Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

I daydreamed that when you grow up there are more bullies and how wonderful that would be if it were true, but, it's not.