The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.

What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.

Daryl shrugged. "If wishes were wardrobes, we'd be in Narnia.

All play and no work makes me a happy girl

I really do believe that there's no such thing as coincidence. People come into our lives for a reason.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

My favorite song depends on the day, what I’m going through, what I’m feeling.

I trust Life. I know it brings me everything that I need at the perfect time and in the perfect way.

The fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions.

We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.