Passion is not such an emotion as a destiny.

It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power.

When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself.

I go on writing so that I will always have something to read.

The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear.

St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry.

Infatuation. First Love. Lust. My passion can be explained away. But this is sure: Whatever she touches, she reveals.

Passion is sweeter split strand by strand. Divided and re-divided likemercury then gathered up only at the last moment.

Passion out of passion's obstacles.

Nowadays people talk about the things he did as though they made sense. As though even his most disastrous mistakes were only the result of bad luck or hubris.

What is luck', he said, 'but the ability to exploit accidents?

Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it’s said, the MOMENT after it’s missed and the TIME after it’s gone. Now you know.

I won’t tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else’s notions thrust upon you.

Strange children should smile at each other and say, "Let's play.

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.

The work that leads to a doctor's degree is a constant temptation to sacrifice one's growth as a man to one's growth as a specialist.

I figure it this way - if a woman claims she didn't want me to fudge her, then you already know she's a liar. So what the hell's the point of a trial, y'know?