Much awkwardness ensued.

Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.

Evil must always be fought.

My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

The only certainty life contains is death.

It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway—is it important to figure out that it isn’t a hallway?

Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Everyone wants to get behind the red rope, but actually: be yourself, don't believe what you see, don't believe all this marketing.

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

Did I kill him?” I said. “No, miss,” said Robert. “Pity.

A business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded.

We have become a society where the artist is regarded as a self-indulgent superfluity, and the person who juggles stocks and shares is an essential part of the economy.

I modeled from the time I was 15 until I was 20.

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.