[I had a]...Second bowl of oatmeal. It was a little bit gloppy.

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first.

The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself.

Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned.

Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.

If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.

Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.

Lover, " she whispers, and closes her eyes.It falls upon her.Love is like dying.

When we learn to loosen our grip and leave our own beaten path, accepting his perfect plan, we give God the opportunity to be our navigator as he reveals the beauty of his creation.

The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.

At the time of 'Words, Words, Words,' I'm a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he's entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that's inherently a little bit ridiculous.

Whoops - My wand is a little over excited!

It stems from my Australianisms and belief that everyone is a fundamental cog in the wheel.

All it takes for America to become a theocracy is for nonbelievers to do nothing.

A good runner leaves no footprints.

The next time your core beliefs are challenged - try being curious instead of furious.

It would be nice if at least 1/3 of the people in Korea think that I'm modest.