She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.

The dead do not hurt you; only the living do.

That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.

Only the forgotten are truly dead.

We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go where they lead.

Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.

The most intimate feeling people can share is neither love nor hate, but pain.

The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.

The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.

Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal.

The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.

Do you eat all of the men in the family? Where do they go? Does this house have a basement?

Being a successful student is about more than reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. It's about being a skilled negotiator, a keen observer, and a master planner.

I always had a belief in myself, and I started wondering if it was founded.

The counterfeit trinity is me, myself, and I.

I hope you die.... P.S. If you do die, I'm going to go to the funeral and finger your corpse.

I don't show every picture that I have, I think discretion is also important.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

Ryles and I were looking around at the calibre of players in this side, you do think ... you are very lucky to be here. Especially with Jesus, Andrew Johns, we call him Jesus, isn't even here yet.

I don't get why arabs are so pissed off at us. I mean they have enough oil for all of them to drive a hummer at what, maybe 1.50 a gallon?