..chaos is the neighbour of God: but everything's usually neat and tidy in hell...

A crime is born in the gap between the morality of society and that of the individual.

The ritual works. The forms overcome doubts. We have learned over the centuries to weave meaning around emptiness and pain. A meaning and a pattern. We have been practising that for a very long time.

The song that nerves a nation's heart is in itself a deed.

It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.

It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first.

No it isn't very pretty, what a town without pity can do.

My world, my world... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness. - Wicket Witch of the North

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business.

I've lost some friends. A lot of the girls.

Your room is not your prison. You are.

I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?

If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.