Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime.

Without trials and tribulation, there would be no hero. Without a hero, there would be no story. Without a story, there is no life as life is made up of vignettes of loving, learning and overcoming.

She was overstrained with grief and loneliness: almost any shoulder would have done as well.

Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants.

Was it fair to say I didn't know the full state of my soul?

If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

The perverseness of my fate is such that he's not mine because he's mine too much.

I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do, and sticking with it.

All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may.