Marya pinned out her childhood like a butterfly. She considered it the way a mathematician considers an equation.

But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

That's Venus, September thought. She was the goddess of love. It's nice that love comes on first thing in the evening, and goes out last in the morning. Love keeps the light on all night.

Never trust anyone under one hundred!

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.

You should always listen to minotaurs. Anybody with four stomachs has to have a firm grip on reality.

When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

I’ve a devil of a habit for being right.

Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

I've never wanted more, until I met you.

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.

It's okay to keep a broken oven in your yard as long as you call it art.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and I have repeatedly sought to emphasize that the progress in Iraq is fragile and also, possibly, reversible.

That’s the problem with falling in love. It makes you start talking like a bad country song

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves.

I don't expect never an easy match. I always expect difficult matches.

I try not to eat too much beef. I try to eat healthy.

Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it.