And what has been so awful in your life that you have to write about it?” Mrs Lincoln, a definite gall bladder, persevered.

Holy shit, " somebody muttered in the dark."A virgin, " sputtered another."I didn't know they still made them.""He just did.

All your life has been a journey to find an identity.

It’s the oldest story in the world. You want him back, don’t you?

The warring conflict in man between the intellect and the libido shall never be twinned.

When would insight, knowledge, hope, and beauty meld?

No one is a failure until that is the only definition of themselves that they are willing to see within.

It was stealing her breath, imbecile. Go get a towel." -Christophe, Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

Some people exert more energy on less important things

I've seen enough killing in my life. I know how precious human life is and I don't need a lecture from you.

Your eyes are beautiful," he said, and she felt warm suddenly, warm in the sun that dappled through the treetops and rested on them in patches.

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.

I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone's funny all the time. Doon Mackichan's my funniest friend in the pub; Nina Conti's the funniest with a monkey.

I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.

If I was given the choice between having the world back and having you, I wouldn't be able to give you up. Not to save five billion lives.

I just think it is so delightful to see people, let their elbows free. I think the exuberance of it all is really exciting to me. It's a signal of the abundance of diversity and creative expression.