I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I'll never love you any less than I do, right this second.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.

Those swift to think are not always secure.

I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.

You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.

It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended.

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.

McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business.

The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it's also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction.

I know [people] think I'm taller because it's so close and I look stretched out, but I'm just 4-8.

I am powerless against the great magazines - I am an artist, and I will always be that.