—fear comes only when you don’t have faith in the outcome. And boredom comes only when you believe there’s nothing new worth learning. I simply can’t understand how any of that will occur today.

That must be what power does to a man: erases what he knows and makes him remember only what services him at the moment.

There’s discipline, Mahrree knew, and then there’s abuse. The first works, while the second never does. And some people, like Lemuel Thorne, had no idea there was even a difference.

But for some reason the Department believed all students should learn the exact same way and at the exact same time, demonstrating that no one in Instruction knew the first thing about children.

- Why is depression the blues and not the grays? - Because racer!-Jarod Kintz and Stefan D

You can’t turn a sunset into a string of grunts without losing something.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

Anything too far out of tune with our attitude is lost, either in the ears themselves or somewhere beyond, but it is lost.

I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

A passion for flowers, is, I think, the only one which long sickness leaves untouched with its chilling influence.

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

He got up looking out of his earhole!

If we knew a person was going to die, we'd hold harder to the memories." Fire corrected him, in a whisper. "The good memories.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.