A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

If you were a brand, would you buy yourself or keep shopping?

The purification of the mind is very necessary. (72)

The heart breaks, but carries on. It can shoulder the most impossible burdens.

It is not the talking that counts between friends it is the never needing to say what counts.

We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.

Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do.

Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.

The Jesus who makes everything okay for everyone is a phantom, a dream, not a real figure.

My way of working was different years ago. I used to wait until an idea came to me. Now I go half-way to meet it, though I don't know whether I find it any the quicker.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.