Could you really love two different people at once? Could you split your heart in half?

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite

She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

Astriola. That IS demon pox. You had evidence that demon pox existed and you didnt mention it to me! Et tu, Brute!' He rolled up the paper and hit Jem over the head with it.

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

I thought... that we could at least talk about books.

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

Being Jem, Tessa reflected, must be a great deal like being the owner of a thouroughbred dog that liked to bite your guests. You had to have a hand on his collar constantly.

You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

He drifted about with his head full of myths, always at least half lost in some otherland of story. Demons and wingsmiths, seraphim and spirits, he love it all.

Love is a divine and universal attraction, which hold the universe together and fills it with beauty, life, and happiness forever.

God gives us His spirit, while we give Him our bodies by fully submitting to Him and doing His will

I have worked without thinking of myself. This is the largest factor in whatever success I have attained.

You don't know what the pattern of flour and chicken is going to be, but you know you're going to get some good fried chicken.

I love to eat an apple after a meal, just to cleanse my teeth - they always look polished afterwards.

To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust.