Some of the imperfections will be visible, but this house has been here a long time. I see no reason to cover up the dings and scars. We've all got 'em.

It's like the seasons. When they start, you're one kind of person, and then when they end, you're somebody different.

I've learned to appreciate what I've got. I'm not going to waste an ounce of energy on sorting through the past or with worrying about the future. Life's too short for that.

Some choices are harder than they appear. You can never say yes to one thing without saying no to another.

Life's too short to play it safe sometimes. (If he feels something special about Emma, he should go for it.)

I'm proud of you. You could have run away, but you didn't. That's what most of us do when we have to face a giant.

Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities.

When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!

I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I can't really avoid getting into character.

Don't hate me forever, Arty," whispered Holly. "I couldn't bear that.

It's always good to marry your best friend.

Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.

The most probable assumption is that no currently working 'business theory' will be valid 10 years hence.

Barack Obama, foreign policy wizard. I just have to laugh.

So, Bella, I was following your scent through the woods after I'd left your room where I was watching you sleep...Yes that would be quite the ice breaker.

If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.