Some girls had mothers who never called them beautiful but swore their love up and down. It's all the same, really. All bullshit.

If you think you can stand looking and not touching for eight months, you're welcome to try.""Try' being the operative word, " he said, sighing. "No, I can't. And I don't want to try.

Every time I opened my mouth, flame licked up my throat. I could have razed vil­lages, kid­napped princesses.

We looked at each other with that resentment you feel when you want something so much it’s causing you pain, so much you start to hate it a little.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

We both loved the birds and animals and plants. We both felt far happier out of doors. I felt a peace in nature that I could never find in the human world, as you know.

You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up.

Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything!

Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s Great Depression, ... war, famine, pestilence and death.

I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.

Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave.

the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long.