In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

I love the way you lit candles, with the insistence that I never look, just so I can open my eyes and find the light in the darkness.

Live a sacred life of love.

I wouldn't ask too much of her, ' I ventured. 'You can't change the past.''Can't change the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!

For those we are born to speak to we need prepare nothing, the lines are ready, everything is there.

To be a great dreamer you have to keep pushing and pushing through this crowded world.

There is no mountain anywhere everyman ignorance is his own mountain

All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.

We shall see later on that the diversity of the forms of death that circulate invisibly is the cause of the peculiar unexpectedness of obituary notices in the newspapers.

I learned there's a big difference between juniors and the pros.

To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]