The gods do make playthings of us. But it is we mortals who provide them with tools.

Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.

It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.

Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.

How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.

Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?

If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.

But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile.

One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind.

It's against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.

People divulge things to you that they would not divulge to anyone else.

Gotta love it when a plan comes together...

perception shapes priorities, priorities shape people

Whatever may happen, it must be of new hope or of new courage to me!

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

I'm not gonna do the same, tired, standard 'I was born in a log cabin' kind of book. There's so much more I want to do.

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.

I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.

There are a lot of movies I've done that come and go, and don't really establish a growing fan base.