She felt as she often did in class when she was nearly sure she had the right answer, but could not always make herself raise her hand.

But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

That's Venus, September thought. She was the goddess of love. It's nice that love comes on first thing in the evening, and goes out last in the morning. Love keeps the light on all night.

Never trust anyone under one hundred!

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.

You should always listen to minotaurs. Anybody with four stomachs has to have a firm grip on reality.

When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

I’ve a devil of a habit for being right.

Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

Telling the truth can be a dirty job.

Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned people didn't adopt chemistry as a religion.

Regret, albeit raw and relentless, is almost always unremarkable.

And she told you something about yourself you really ought to know: that you're beautiful, and worth loving.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

I had always planned to be an actor, and the music was just in my DNA, it's always been.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.

A sucker punch came flying from somewhere in the back. As soon as we can see clearly with our big black eye, we're going to light up your world like the fourth of July.