because talent alone doesn't make an artist

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

His chair glides a few inches closer and he's in my face, all shoulders and cologne.

These are not vague inferences . . . but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs.

Liberty is the right to do what I like; licence, the right to do what you like.

The peoples influenced by the animal dance have a variety of movements and dance with enthusiasm; those who do not know the animal dance have few movements and show little zest for dancing.

Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.

It's not that difficult to say no when you don't want to do something.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.

The world is what it is and won't be bargained with.