To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.

I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know: I only feel it, and I am torn in two.

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

But you shall not escape my iambics.

Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]

I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

Godlike the man who sits at her side, who watches and catches that laughter which (softly) tears me to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time I see her.

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.

Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.

A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sustained his universe.

No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.

So much pain. So many lives. Their darkness must end.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing.

Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.

I spent my life attacking everything because I was too afraid to risk creating anything.

I can't sing. Definitely no ambition in that area.

Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.