It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Demon pox. There's always demon pox.

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

The ages live in history through their anachronisms.

William James described success as a combination of two things. An inner ideal which is followed persistently with courage and Outer achievement related to that ideal.

Our focus on the investigation is really wide-ranging. And we can't limit it to just one point in time.

I can no longer work outside because of the intensity of the light.

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

In this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.

A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.

Everybody has got 5.5 liters of blood. I am just a human being. For me everybody are same.

Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives.