Just knowing that they could read made the Baudelaire orphans feel as if their wretched lives could be a little brighter.

They're book addicts.

Sunny did not eat the wood, of course, but she chewed on it and pretended it was a carrot, or an apple, or a beef and cheese enchilada, all of which she loved.

Search deep within your soul, you will find strength.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

Writing is not complete when you've added everything you could, but rather, when you've taken away everything that is not needed.

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.

I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.

When we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst

Many count on their disadvantages to cover for them.

I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term.

It is deeply pejorative to call someone a "climate change denier". This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of Holocaust Denial.

The common problem, yours, mine, everyone's Is ? not to fancy what were fair in life Provided it could be ? but, finding first What may be, then find how to make it fair Up to our means.