... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

I looked into your eyes and was captivated by the chaos that ran through you. I wish you hadn't said all the things I wanted to hear!

Do not be afraid of mistakes, provided you do not make the same one twice.

Young women who I think do the best job of balancing family life and a big career start businesses or work for themselves. That's the best way of being in charge of your life.

I don't want to date celebrities, I don't want to roll out of clubs absolutely steaming, make an idiot out of myself. I want to concentrate on my music career.

The bare earth, plantless, waterless, is an immense puzzle. In the forests or beside rivers everything speaks to humans. The desert does not speak. I could not comprehend its tongue; its silence...

What narrative journalism does is create a language or open up a space where someone can say, "Oh, this happened to me, too."

Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of law.

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.