There was no heaven here. Eternal life meant waking up as a putrid corpse.

The fault is not in our stars, " I whispered to the ceiling. "But in ourselves. This was my choice.

Curiosity is a strong fire, and once ignited, it is not easily put out.

Miss Fitt, you know curiosity gets men killed."I grinned. "Then I daresay it's good I'm a woman.

Eleanor, " Daniel said. "Miss Fitt! Wake up!"I fluttered my eyelids open. "I'm not a misfit anymore, " I rasped. "I thought I told you that.

Light is all a flower longs for, even when surrounded with priceless jewels.

I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.

Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

There wouldn't be no grime without me.

You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing.

You're the reason our kids are ugly.

I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

There will be no hatred or resentment among them, their hearts will be as one, and they will glorify God, morning and evening.

Pain narrows vision. The most private of sensations, it forces us to think of ourselves and little else.