There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly -- except to each other.

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

Hey, if it's a good philosophy, it works. Death is imminent. Live every day like it's your last.

It must be that there is something in the hearts of human beings, some natural fluid perhaps, that insists on happiness, even confronted with the most powerful arguments against it.

Respect people who trust you. It takes a lot for people to trust you, so treat their trust like precious porcelain.

Why do you do these things to yourself? Not just what you did to the window, but the way you talked to Clary. What are you punishing yourself for? You can't help how you feel.

...she is too beautiful, I think, to not be inherently evil.

What they [critics of Lessing's switch to science fiction] didn't realize was that in science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time.

They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes

In our corporate culture, because someone may have to take some flexibility because of family issues, somehow we continue to believe they aren't fully dedicated.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

Chaos is roving through the system and able to undo, at any point, the best laid plans.