Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away.

Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.

Pain was a torn piece of paper.

What do you mean Ronan's a magical entity? Is he a demon? Because this all makes sense if so.

Wanting to live, but accepting death to save others: that was courage.

His quest was a wolf, and it starved. - Gansey

I take it we're friends now, " Henry said. "We must be, " Gansey replied. "Jane says it should be so.""It should be so, " Blue agreed.

He trailed through hallways, ducking under arms no longer there, excusing himself as he pressed through conversations long since ended.

Somewhere along the way, during this hunt for Glendower, he'd forgotten to notice how much magic there was in the world. How much magic that wasn't just buried in a tomb. He was feeling it now.

It wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.

I don't care to be pretty, " Blue shot back hotly, "I care to look on the outside like I look on the inside.

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.

Even the mood of a lot of people, my dad gets on me a lot because he's like people love answers but I'm more for questions, ask the right questions.

I think immigration has been one of the vital things about the growth of America. I'm the product of grandparents who all immigrated from Greece. I hope eventually we have proper immigration.

Oh my gosh! I can't tell you the number of times people have put autotune on my voice, and I'm like, 'Please take it off!' You don't even sound human; it makes you sound like a robot!

Pain pushes until vision pulls.

I'm completely fascinated with American politics because I think they dictate the politics of every nation of the Western world. So, it's very interesting to follow what's going on over here.

I think the Russians have played now for some time the role of providing cover for Bashar al-Assad's behavior. The alternative explanation that the Russians put forth is simply not plausible.

The only way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.

Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.

When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything.