Only the cruelest hunters set their traps with terror and trepidation.

But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.

Maybe it frightened them, to admit that a woman could be master of her fate.

...there was a difference between killing for nourishment and killing for curiosity or sport.

He was a phoenix of blood, rising from the ashes of those who had fallen and suffered before him.

We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume.

If evil had a laugh, she thought it would sound like his.

Fear could drive one to violence as quickly as anger could.

Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.

Keep calm. You have the forest in your blood.

Don't give me songs, give me something to sing about!

Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.

Of darkness visible so much be lent, as half to show, half veil, the deep intent.

I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?'

You're still going to see accidents, you always will. Especially towards the closing laps of a race.

The only way someone can leave you is if you let them.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

The real basic power of an individual isn't what he or she knows; it's the ability to think and learn and face new challenges.

Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.

When we do what we love, again and again, our life comes to hold the fragrance of that thing.