Spread those strong wings of yours. Fly.

I stared up at the sky and raised my middle finger, just in case God was watching. I don't like being spied on.

If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny brown freckle to her huge brown eyes.

Sometimes when I wake up, I forget that she's gone and then I remember and my heart drops like it does when you miss a step or trip over a kerb.

Doesn't matter what language you speak or what clothes you wear. Some things don't change. Families. Friends. Lovers. They're the same in every city in every country in every continent of the world.

That's not how you're going to live, Bird Girl. Not on my account. Spread those strong wings of yours. Fly.

In fact she was quite bad and according to Jas she was naughty at school, but no one seems to remember that now she is all dead and perfect.

I swallowed all the doubt and all the disappointment and all the anger and they were almost too big, like vitamin pills that are difficult to get down even with water.

The heights to which we aspire - often prove not as lofty as those that transpire.

In a company where tech decisions were still ultracentralized, the repercussions of a distracted CEO had to be damaging.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was and is the lack of a thankful heart.

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.

Zach had brought her a dog.

The supply of government exceeds demand.

Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty.

We can be together, Rose. Soon. We're almost there. And nothing will ever keep us apart.

Common sense should tell us that positively reinforcing sadistic behavior, as these games do, cannot be good for our children.

To really achieve any level of greatness, you have to be willing to say yes no matter who says no, and to say no no matter who says yes.