There must still be room for the falling note, of course. Even in an undying world there are times when beauty passes from sight, or love passes from the heart, and we feel the sorrow of partition.

Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat

A monster lies in wait in me,a stew of wounds and misery.But fiercer still in life and limb,the me that lies in wait in him

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

You just have to trust your own madness.

Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Evil, however powerful it seemed,could be undone by its own appetite

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

Well... "why" is a hard question to answer in any language.

You married into the family. You have to love me. It's a contractual obligation.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.

A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.

When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.

It's very disconcerting to start out and to say, "I'm going to tell the truth," and then to realize it's that much trouble.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.