My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.

You are a victim of the rules you live by.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

Protect me from what I want.

All things are delicately interconnected.

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.

It is the duty of a child to obey his parent.

In truth, Liesel was a prisoner too, just held by different kinds of bonds.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Everyone has a different training style and being a female, sometimes you find you have to get really aggressive. Some people respond really well to aggression, some people don't.

I love to learn, and Victoria's Secret has given me more opportunities than I ever thought possible. I like doing things that scare me - I've learned never to doubt myself.

The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

Perfect love drives out fear

The door of the novel, like the door of the poem, also shuts. But not so fast, nor with such manic, unanswerable finality.