Cages come in lots of different colors and shapes. Some are gilded, while others have a slamming door. But golden handcuffs are still handcuffs.

You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldn’t be lived at full speed, but in anticipation and appreciation.

The real thing, when done right , is always better than a daydream

It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you aren't going to be loved the way you want to be loved.

Everybody is a main character to someone

Books allow you to be whoever you want to be, to escape yourself for a while.

Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising

But maybe you see beauty in me because you are beautiful, not because I am.

Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?

Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story.

Regret is just life's aftertaste.

Nothing fun in life is easy.

When an eagle spreads its wings to fly, even the swan is envious.

He who grows not in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed.

Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie-detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool the metal.

If all men lead mechanical, unpoetical lives, this is the real nihilism, the real undoing of the world.

Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking.