A man must claim responsibility for his own temptation, and not pin it on the woman who arouses him. It’s a gown, Sir Mark. Not even one of my more daring ones.

One mustn’t justify day-to-day morality with extraordinary circumstances. Otherwise, we would all feel free to rape and murder at the drop of a cat.

Men touch their horses to calm them, ” she said distantly. “They caress their falcons to remind them that they are bound. Touch smacks of ownership, and I am weary of being a possession.

Sir Mark Turner, " he said. "I speak with the tongues of a thousand angels. Butterflies follow me wherever I go. Birds sing when I take a breath.

When someone falls, ” Mark said, “you don’t throw her back down in the dirt. You offer her a hand up. It’s the Christian thing to do.

Let them say what they wish behind your back. You need only be strong enough that they don't say it to your face.

Man's obsession with his own wants is taking him further from those without whom happiness cannot be found. It is taking him from his people.

I had people telling me I was the best and when it would sink in, I'd feel like I'd have to push things further, otherwise I wasn't worthy of their praise.

When I was a kid, I read many more Marvel comics than I did DC. As I got older, in high school and then in college, I started reading more DC.

Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.

We shall have a harder Christmas than we have known since the war.

I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job.

The barrier has begun to yield.

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.