Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.

One of the main secrets of success is the ability to foresee the situation a few steps forward.

What's more, we had discovered that people have several times more potential for growth, when they invest energy in developing their strenghts instead of correcting their deficiencies.

He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.

A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.

Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table.

When I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears.

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family [of the child]. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

Maybe I think too much for my own good.

I promise to keep you happy, safe, and in love - for as long as my heart wakes; and as much as you soul takes.