No wandering minds allowed.

Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same; the darker the better.

Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.

Not all novelists are power-hungry madman. Some are power-hungry madwomen.

Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.

Very little in this world makes sense.

Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a million-mile road trip then wanting to turn around without getting out of the car.

School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

You must be classic. Put yourselves before the model in a workmanlike spirit.

I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy.

I'm not a big comic fan and I'm not a big fan of comic movies.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

Bombs are probably more merciful than bayonets

Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.

Satellite images, maps and blueprints of the whole world, of every city. We could look it up and know what's there in someone else's words. Or we could get wicked drunk and just go.

The land is all too shallow It is painted on the sky And trembles like the wind-shook rain When the Raven King passed by