And if the worst, or best, happens, and Death comes for you in the snow, he comes disguised as Sleep, and you greet him rather as a welcome friend than a gruesome foe.

Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin.

Uh-oh, big boy. Your blood is in the water and the sharks are circling. Must be feeding time."--Mea Brin, The Huntress

If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.

I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is—she’s a hero.

I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music.

Our business is to be happy.

Politics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

Chaos and Order are not enemies, only opposites. Chaos and Order combined equal balance.

Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you. Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet! Annabeth: Shut up, Silena.

There is nothing that 'Sesame Street' can't teach you, if you let it.