This may be a thing you neither want nor need, " she said. "But I'd rather you have it, wishing didn't, than not have it and wish you did.

Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.

Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own rooms and stepped into a world of stories and lies.

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's.

Truths are dangerous, " he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages, " said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear.

But that's how memory works, " Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.

That's interesting, " Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?

It was starting to seem to her that being "forward-thinking" too often involved avoiding any kind of thought at all - especially about things that might benefit from a great deal of thinking.

One must be honest with himself. Then it will be much better than it is now.

Fish cannot swim out of water.

I stop fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now. T-shirt

Ay call it holy ground The soil where first they trod. They have left unstained what there they found - Freedom to worship God.

In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.

As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.

Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.

In this case, instead of thinking "I want success," think "I have success."

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.