What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

Pink is female - but why? Are girls any more pink than boys? Are boys any more blue than girls? It's something that has been sold to us, mostly so other things can be sold to us.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust.That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

Truces may stop the battles, but part of you will always feel like you're at war.

It's hard to think of such things when you are busy dreaming or loving or screwing. The context falls away.

I'm sorry, " he says. "I don't usually like people. So when I do, part of me is really amused and the other part refuses to believe it's happening.

As soon as Neil is out of the shower, he texts Peter. You up? he asks.And the reply comes instantly:For anything.

Dreaming and loving and screwing. None of these are identities. Maybe when other people look at us, but not to ourselves. We are so much more complicated than that.

So what’s your story?” Ryan asks.Avery looks up at him, hand still in the water. “My story?”“Yeah. Everybody has at least one.

This is the power of a kiss: It does not have the power to kill you. But it has the power to bring you to life.

Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon

What after all is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

I used to be snow-white . . . but I drifted.

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

The understanding also hath its idiosyncrasies as well as other faculties.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

You fall in love with the girl next door but married her sister.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

Saying that the origin of the Islamic State (IS) is within the Muslim Brotherhood organisation only strengthens IS.

As if the ray which travels from the sun would reach me sooner than the man who blacks my boots.