Love is finding someone better than you are, and holding on for dear life

We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant

Doors are for people with no imagination.

I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like. That’s you, Beryl.

I'm sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilized.

Kindness suits you." "Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.

The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven." "Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil

Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.

Plans are invitation to disappointment.

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

Are you sulking?” “Me? No. I don’t sulk.” “You sound like you’re sulking.” “I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

Writers don't have bad life days

The real truth lies below the surface.

Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things. Excellence and victory are conceptually distinct . . . and are experienced differently.

The power of thought, the vast regions it can master.

The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great.

I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

The thrill of doing television versus features is in television you get to focus more on the characters.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.

You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.