Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's.

Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.

Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own rooms and stepped into a world of stories and lies.

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

Truths are dangerous, " he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages, " said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear.

But that's how memory works, " Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.

That's interesting, " Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?

It was starting to seem to her that being "forward-thinking" too often involved avoiding any kind of thought at all - especially about things that might benefit from a great deal of thinking.

I want to have the heart and mind of a queen, ” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But I’m only pretending. I can’t find the feeling of it inside

Life is head and shoulders above all other things we regard as precious in this world.

There’s an empty seat next to me in the ‘intensely aggravating’ section…and it’s got your name on it

In almost every single way, George and I share the same values. And if we differ on some issues, it's very, very minor.

Count your blessings. Be grateful-- you're alive

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.

If love wasn't the law of life, life would not have persisted in the midst of death.

The universe is probably littered with one-planet graves

The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

If you want it and believe you can have it, you will.