Life's pain. You just have to get over as much of it as you can. -Isabel Culpeper

I'd always liked jogging because it was a place to think.

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night.

All that mattered was that something had struck the match, and Gansey was burning.

They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them.

'We have to be back in three hours,' Ronan said. 'I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again.' 'This,' Gansey replied, 'is precisely why I didn't want to have a baby with you.'

I wish you could be kissed, Jane,' he said. 'Because I would beg just one off you. Under all this.' He flailed an arm toward the stars.

Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.

I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God.

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared, ' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night.

What do you see out there?” I ask. “Pittsburgh, ” he replies. Now I laugh. “No, young man. What you see is hell with the lid taken off.” — Mother Jones

When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'"

The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire.

Design has to work. Art does not.

Certainly we must be strong, but strength is, to me, not just a force, but rather a vocabulary of many means

The more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it's better for our advertisers; it's better for Google.

On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure.

When you don't make people accountable, it leads to a superstar mentality where not everyone on the team is important.

If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest.