She understood. They were plastic flowers of words—but they looked nice on the surface.

This is what it is to live in the world. You have to give yourself over to the cold, at least a little bit.

In woods where the woodsmen told lies, maybe it was the wolves who told the truth.

Her father said she was a princess. He did not see that she was a brave knight.

It snowed right before Jack stopped talking to Hazel, fluffy white flakes big enough to show their crystal architecture, like perfect geometric poems.

Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.

Sometimes superheroes are born, sometimes they are made. Sometimes they make themselves. Sometimes all it takes is will.

She just eyed them coolly, as if they were nothing to her, as if their nothingness surprised and slightly repelled her.

His words sounded foolish to his own ears. He was not impressive. He was small like the world.

At each step there is a small moment of transformation that cannot be overlooked or rushed. And these moments should not be, because they are beautiful.

He's gone now. He did something terrible, but...he did good things, too. And he kept us well. And it's all right if you are sad.

I allowed myself a microscopic view into his ice-colored eyes. It was like viewing one of those photographs of the Arctic region – very foreign, exotic, clearly a place you’ve never dreamed of going.

It takes a lot of courage as an actor to take time off for family. But family is everything.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

Mix judgement with ambition and season it with energy. It makes a splendid recipe for success.

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.

We need to educate people about the reality of Islam, the logics of Islam. I am sure every free man in this world would fight the ideology of Islam.

A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.