We kill time; time buries us.

He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.

A life without fighting is a dead sea in the universal organism.

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

There is nothing worse than giving the longest of legs to the smallest of ideas.

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.

There is nothing in the world so monstrously vast as our indifference.

Tomorrow's sun is on it's way - a relentless sun, inscrutable like life.

Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next.

It's the occasion that makes the revolution.

Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Doubters don't mean a damn thing. I doubt it'll rain tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I control the rain. What I think has no bearing on what is. The wise ask questions, Perry. The weak doubt.

The words were pulled from her, agonizing, like a disembowelment.

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.

Something snapped inside Maryse. “He is not a Herondale. He is a Lightwood. Jace Lightwood. He’s my son.

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.

I held him close and said nothing, all the while telling him silently that he was loved. Oh, but he was loved.

I find inspiration in literally just about everything.

To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.