The universe would give you whatever you wanted if you twisted its arm hard enough.

Anger was simple, self-sustaining as a cactus. You couldn't look too closely at it, lest the spines get you in the eye.

You need one person who knows you... Just one person you can't fool, even when you fool yourself.

But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better.

The best lies were the simplest and made the most sense, in the mind and in the mouth.

Grace hated lying, got no joy from it, and this was how she knew she wasn't pathological.

She hadn't realized she was lonely until she began to understand that other people were not.

Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.

Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.

You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-""I think as a human being, " she retorted hotly. "Men don't think any differently from women- they just make more noise about being able to.

I think I'm highly loveable.

One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential.

Sometimes you're blessed with teams that are incredibly talented, but there's chaos. But sometimes you're blessed, as I have been this year, to have kids who think the same way you do.

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Dont forget, I was the soft, pudgy kid in school that everyone made fun of.