Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.

A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.

If Jesus is here we are going to walk out of this place to live our lives to the glory of God the Father.

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation