It's not the pain I'm afraid of; I know about the pain. What I'm afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Competition is a bad company [kusang, the company which will bring our downfall].

Maybe I hold on for too long, but maybe you don’t hold on for long enough?

This is what I like, " said Jesse. "Everything seems better when we have to work to get it.

The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

What do yo think human flesh tastes like?

They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.

I'm a multi-faceted human being.

Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.