Just follow my lead, ’ I said. ‘It’ll be fun.’‘Please, ’ Sam begged, ‘don’t let those words be carved on my tombstone.

The thing about fate, Magnus: even if we can't change the big picture, our choices can alter the details. That's how we rebel against destiny, how we make our mark. What will you choose to do?

Those movies... ridiculously inaccurate. The real gods of Asgard — Thor, Loki, Odin, and the rest — are much more powerful, much more terrifying than anything Hollywood could concoct.

The love we have can’t die. If you ever think I’m not there, just be still and you’ll feel my presence. I’ll be beating with your heart.

Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own accord.

We're supposed to love flowers, yet we rip them from their homes, and give them to people who don't love us."-Toril Withers (Dark Winter).

When you take your place as the authority figure in your home, your child will feel more safe in the real world, not the screen world.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

I always love watching those natural actors like Bill Cosby, Raven-Symone and Shia LaBeouf - just effortless actors.

A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.

I think ultimately that sense of hope is something that even as a little kid I was able to kind of grab onto.