Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

The gym is always open, except when it's closed.

Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.

Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice.

Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society

I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure.

Daddy, will you take me to the mill, again?

Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.

A tingling in her spine warned her the path that lay ahead was dangerous, but her curiosity placated her, driving her onward against her instincts.

I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces a foe one can't defeat and I felt liberated.

Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.

I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues.

When you go upstairs, go up with high spirit; when you go downstairs, go down with high spirit.

Taking care of yourself is a nice thing to do. It's not seen as just a girl thing anymore. You see a lot more guys at the gym taking care of themselves, and I think it's going to continue to grow.

Industry cannot flow unless cpaital is confident, and capital will not be confident as long as it fears that Parliament will meddle with it and walk off with its profits.

Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write.

So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world.

Power flows to those who serve.