Mal snickered. "What's so funny?""I just pictured the Darkling being cornered by a sweaty duchess trying to have her way with him.

The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?

I have loved you all my life, Mal, " I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story.

Do you answer a question directly?""Hard to say. Ah, there, I've done it again

I may not have been completely honest about that.""You? Less than truthful? I'm shocked, Nikolai. Shocked and horrified.

He doesn’t need a donkey, ” says Ana Kuya. “He has a wife.

I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.

Of course I'm jealous. I thought I was going to get to punch him. That isn't the point.

David looked at me, then, the regret plain on his face. No matter what I said, we both knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try. And usually, it makes no difference at all

At that moment, the creature's back breached the waves, its body cutting through the water in a sinuous arch, rainbows sparking off the iridescent scales on its back. Rusalye.

I don't think-""Clearly. Why start now?

If you don't receive love from the ones who are meant to love you, you will never stop looking for it.

You need to know your destiny

Libraries raised me.

It was the usual struggle between one who loves by accepting burdens and one who loves by refusing to be one.

Before her parents were killed, Lena hadn't minded school. She had even liked some of her classes. Now school was just watching the clock tick.

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

Religion is the retarded stepchild of philosophy.

Back in the day I took a lot of supplements and tons of amino acids. Still do. But back then it was pretty unusual. That's how I got the nickname The Chemist.

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow.

Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.