Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again, " I say, cheerily. "It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

There are no safe choices. Only other choices.

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think.

One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame.

They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I understand what it costs him to hide it all.

Kashays [anger-pride-deceit-greed] will not leave by suppressing them, they go away through Gnan (Enlightened Knowledge).

Ensure that your fame doesn't bring you shame.

I define my life not by the things I have done, but by the people I have loved.

Solitude was her anchor. A familiar misery, and anymore the safest, most sensible approach.

With chemicals, it's shoot first and ask questions later.

The Space Shuttle is the most effective device known to man for destroying dollar bills.

Do unto others as they wish, but with imagination.

Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, that’s not journalism. That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.

Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything.