Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading children.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell.

The only people in the whole world that Salim loved had been killed by the virus that traveled to America in his own blood.

As Gansey led the way out, Noah said to Ronan, “I know why you’re mad.”Ronan sneered at him, but his pulse heaved. “Tell me then, prophet.”Noah said, “It’s not my job to tell other people’s secrets.

We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.

We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious.

I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.

The human element of making music is what's most important.

No other group (traditional Christians) is so consistently maligned on prime-time television. These defamatory portrayals betray a deep-seated hostility.

The temple endowment was given by revelation. Thus, it is best understood by revelation, prayerfully sought with a sincere heart.