The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to walk the streets in the City of Blue Fire.

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

Let the peace of this day be here tomorrow when I wake up.

That is the best-to laugh with someone because you think the same things are funny.

There are rules about perception, but not about photography.

I'm not a guy who is out trying to promote myself. It's really not me.

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.

The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He doesn't have the authority to spend the money. He doesn't spend $1 of the money.

There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.

If you loved music, you loved Freddie Mercury.

Sometimes, you need different things in life, you need different challenges that will give you that little boost.

I'm not trying to make myself look like a girl because I'm not a girl anymore. I'm very happy about being a grown woman.