There’s no such thing as yesterday, he thought dully. Memory is just today, happening over and over again, stamped indelibly with regret.

Rest in peace? Please, God, no. Haunt me, Sofia. You said you'd haunt me.

You can suck the life out of someone without ever touching a drop of their blood. --Raphael Sinclair

You should have noticed by now, sometimes a monster looks just like any other man.

If an ordinary man can be tapped to be the Messiah...then perhaps any one of us is capable of bringing about the Redemption.

What else could I do? You couldn't just say no. I had to think about...my...position.

The terrible things that happen to us, ” Tessa said slowly. “What wedo with them...I think that’s what makes us artists.

The earth has its music for those who will listen.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

Don't be afraid to take risks, for you take them every day without realizing it. I'd rather fail at trying something new or different than to lose just for not trying at all.

I raise my face to his, ready for the crush of his lips against mine, wanting to share more than these nervous breaths.

What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.

Intuition is seeing with the soul.

It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to ones work.

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

I know of no place where the wind can be as icy and the damp so penetrating as in Oxford round about Easter time.