You cannot thrash the person who makes you coffee. It's a rule somewhere.

And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust.

I'll wait for you under the bluebells. I'll be there always.

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

I told you, computers are like women. If you shout at them or ask them to do too many things at once, they shut down and you won't even get a sniff" pg. 4

Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself

I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)

Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid.

Sure, he had a wife and fifty-four kids, but he looked like a college freshman. A yummy college freshman majoring in Oh-my-god-I-gotta-get-me-some-of-that.

Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise.

Sure, it was nice now, but eventually there would be running and screaming and blood on the floor.

By looking on the bright side, we'll activate enthusiasm and turn on the go system.

The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other people can make it as well.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.

What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial".

I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.

And it's always possible that you will not get a nice review. So - and that's enraging of course, to get a bad review, you can't talk back, and it's sort of shaming in a way.

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.