She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything could happen.

May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.

Nothing opens up the mind and the heart like books do, and so they have the power to change the whole world. That's why the are burning books, Ava. To stop us thinking, and feeling, and imagining...

To light a candle is to cast a shadow

The world is a cruel place, Petrosinella, and it wounds the weak.

Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child.

Hannah Rose Brown was not quite 13 years old when she discovered her family was cursed. THE PUZZLE RING

If you are brave of heart, sharp of wit, strong of spirit and steadfast of purpose, there is nothing you cannot achieve

By fire, fever, storm and sword, your blood shall suffer this bane. No peace or joy for Wintersloe's lord, till the puzzle ring is whole again

Shall I prick my prick as well?

Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry.

One way to measure a particular doctor's openness and attitude toward women in general is simply to ask about the doctor's opinion of midwifery.

They are rich who have true friends.

Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.

I've always been religiously inclined, but it doesn't come up in most of my books.

We gave you an atomic bomb, what do you want, mermaids ?

Tell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s no such thing in all the world. As a happy ending? As an ending.

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.