everything happens for a reason.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

What a schmuck!

...It is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

He had a thousand-year-old stare.

Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible.

There were so many viciously sarcastic ways to respond, Jaden’s brain was temporarily paralyzed due to witty comeback overload.

God gave you a gift of 86, 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.

Without obsession, life is nothing.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

Our planet is a tiny atom in god's kingdom.

I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at odds, because Rookie felt like the bridge.

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.