Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.

Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own rooms and stepped into a world of stories and lies.

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's.

Truths are dangerous, " he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages, " said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear.

But that's how memory works, " Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.

That's interesting, " Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?

It was starting to seem to her that being "forward-thinking" too often involved avoiding any kind of thought at all - especially about things that might benefit from a great deal of thinking.

I want to have the heart and mind of a queen, ” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But I’m only pretending. I can’t find the feeling of it inside

If a nation and any nation on this earth could raise up the standard of personal responsibility in their society, you will in no time see a nation of virtuous people, developed and civilized.

Puppies are a reflection of unconditional love, entrusted to us like precious seeds. We water them with praise, patience, and love, and watch them grow into full bloom.

When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.

This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I'm not apologizing for what I did. I'm apologizing for what I didn't do.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape.

But I get frightened sometimes," she admitted."I know. Fear is only fear, though.""And somehow you live without it.""No," he corrected her. "You live with it.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.