Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

Get used to gaps in your comprehension, ” said Sabetha. “The rest of us certainly have.

I think sometimes, being silent and watching, can change a person.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.

Altogether beautiful in the power of its feeling. As beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway.

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

I've got this weird body chemistry that I don't like to get high. I'm not going to say I never tried drugs. I tried most everything. I didn't try injectables. But I didn't like it.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

In general, we should be able to agree that those who have greater opportunities and face fewer impediments have a greater responsibility to do more to help achieve such ends.

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.