The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

People find a way through just about anything.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.

I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!

I am so glad that I get to maintain a relatively down-to-earth lifestyle.

Tupac was just so passionate about what he believes in and not afraid to say anything.

For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy.

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

He wanted to be a poet,' someone else put in while Maggie hugged Tim and patted his back. 'Said he'd only lacked the words to be one.

If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve.

The American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary or even on our own shores.