The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity’s captive.

You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the world beyond recall.

We had been taken from The Wild and brought together in one place, because, for some strange reason, people found us interesting.

I went out and had a drink. I needed to talk to someone, and solitary drinkers are lucky in this regard— they always have someone to talk to.

And when demigods use cell phones, the signals agitate every monster within a hundred miles. It's like sending up a flare: Here I am! Please rearrange my face!

Never stop believing, have your own happy end.

The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president.

It is an axiom of political life that you never raise expectations, whether in a political or military campaign, because your defeats are then magnified and your victories discounted.

Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.

Once you have made a decision and there is no turning back, acceptance is the only comfort.

Adventure is a path...Real adventure - self-determined , self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.

Journalist: A person with nothing on his mind and the power to express it.

I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.