Deryn put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same."Barking spiders, " she muttered softly,

Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

The man was allergic to sleep.

Barking hard work, being a boy.

And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.

That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.

I am not seeing myself in your eyes, I think someone has replaced me

A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil.

I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

But you can't stop at one, you wanna drink another woman!

Pity is a corroding thing.

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.

Feminazis have adopted abortion as a kind of sacrament for their religion/politics of alienation and bitterness.

It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!