The soup, thin and dark and utterly savorless, tasted as if it had been drained out of the umbrella stand.

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality

What I know about money, I learned the hard way – by having had it.

Identity is not found, the way Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Identity is built.

The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.

The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.

Every way he turned, his past was detonated, revealing tunnels and alternative routes under the packed, settled earth of the present.

As soon as you seek to inspire others, it inspires the best in you.

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

I think we're all in Cime's army now. But never mind, the Storm God hasn't forgotten us. Heaven is no farther away than it ever was.

Wine displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity.

Bruce Wayne is Batman. He became Batman the instant his parents were murdered. Batman needs Bruce, however hollow that identity feels to him from time to time. Bruce keeps Batman human.

Blondes are like white mice, you only find them in cages. They wouldn’t last long in nature. They’re too conspicuous.

The meaning lies in the appropriation.

Opportunities energize the faithful and paralyze the fearful.