You know, like Prince Charming. Because you never know, maybe he's an enchanted prince under an evil spell." "Life isn't a fairy tale, you know, " Sam said. "Wanna bet?" The teen smirked at him.

Son, if you were any farther from fine you'd be in Nebraska.

You say wicked like it's a bad thing.

The color of the flower has faded, while I lost myself in idle thought in this long rain / 花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせし間に

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.

If you're laughing, you're healing.

Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.

The most difficult job is the one that you never get started on.

He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.

I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn't want to do anyway.

People who work hard for their money cannot be placed in a worse position that those who allow their money to work for them.

I haven't found one place in the world yet where I could disappear.