She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

Art should be for sale. The artist should not.

I'll have no husband, if you be not he.

I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure.

I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is.

My feelings remain the same for you, but you chose to walk away...

I am an eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, I am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see

Those who have been intoxicated with power... can never willingly abandon it.

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.