Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions.

There is a nearly unerring, unconscious radar that zeros in on relationships that repeat our childhood experiences.

We emerge into the light not by denying our pain, but by walking through it.

Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

...that's what friends did. Let each other off the hook when they didn't want to talk.

I don't know if ghouls are allowed to live either. But there has to be a reason we exist.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk bravery is a rampart of defense.

If you feel helpless, go help someone.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.

'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society.

I feel like a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall end up not being able to learn it myself.