She felt a strong pull toward the water and it was more than curiosity…

The water. The lake. It flows through our veins, and there's nothing we can do about it… It's like venom.

There was something about this place that brought out the best and worst in you, pushing you to extremes.

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.

I do not want to credit my life to spells and rituals, cushioning me from the consequences of living.

When you are born into bondage you can't see the prison.

When I swore that you're getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.

A poverty that is universal may be cheerfully borne; it is an individual poverty that is painful and humiliating.

We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.

... books are too heterogeneous an interest to furnish a vital one in life, a reason for being alive.

Learning philosophy is learning a particular kind of intuitive understanding.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

Dont forget, I was the soft, pudgy kid in school that everyone made fun of.