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.

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.

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.

This book will not harm you unless someone throws it at you which is a possibilty never to be discounted.

You’ll see, ” Mother assured her. “The fish will be just as friendly and the waves just as fresh in the new world the door makers find for us.

You will know what and who really matters to you the moment you feel you have lost them.

The meek shall indeed inherit the earth. They have the power to act rationally instead of reacting emotionally.

Because until you know what you want to be, other people are just going to keep trying to make you into something useful for them.

There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

I've been in one Derby, and this is my third Belmont. But I've never thought of the fact that I haven't won a Triple Crown race. I'm not like that. I always look at the sunshine of things.

Love happens! I release the desperate need for love, and instead, allow it to find me in the perfect time-space sequence.

At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.

By deliberately changing the internal image of reality, people can change the world.