Lovely Arra Sails, nectar to all males, how I'd like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale!

You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.

I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.

Better not to start down a wrong path at all than head down it in the hope of making a detour when something better came along.

If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.

The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.

Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116

That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid.

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps

No matter how we suffer, we have an obligation to others. We have to be unselfish enough to try to live in the right way, so others can get through their own lives without us fouling them up.

I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.

Donald Trump actually is a pretty big-government conservative. He doesn't see eye-to-eye with them [the Kochs] on trade.

If you're in a good marriage, you have the sense that it won't be forever.

If you want to grow, find men who provoke you.

If someone listens to our music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything.

To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.