You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!" (Alanna)

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

When you love your work then it isn't work, it's your love affair.

I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short

If it's true that men are such beasts this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.

You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.

None of us lie or guard our secrets when we sing, and India is a nation of singers whose first love is the kind of song we turn to when crying just isn't enough.

Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.

His eyes are the color of honey. These are the eyes I remember from my dreams.

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.