Where have you come from boy?'He looked at her again.'From hell, to take you away in the night and eat you.

...the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, it looks more like hatred than friendship.

Better a live dog than a dead lion.

- Why you?- (...) I’m the best.- Modest of you.- I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say about it.

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it as it is to its victims—the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.

The old order changes yielding place to new.

Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very agreeable men.

I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.

I believe we can solve anything. I believe people working together can lift everybody.

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch-that is, who should be listened to and when.

I feel more reassured with physical media. Entertainment is something that will not just become digital.

I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.