There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.

These pictures are my heart. And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.

We are bound together, Emma, bound together—I breathe when you breathe, I bleed when you bleed, I’m yours and you’re mine, you’ve always been mine, and I have always, always belonged to you!

The world is terrible, " said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them.

When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.

It was hard to live normally when you were constantly pretending you didn't see what was going on in front of your face.

Why are you wearing a T-shirt under your other T-shirt?" Livvy asked."In case one of them is stolen, " Marked said, as it were entirely normal.

Nobody calls me 'blondie' and keeps their kneecaps.

I've been thinking of installing a train in my house. It could bring me shrimp crackers from the kitchen.

And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.

Kieran glanced at her with shimmering eyes. Neither looked quite human: The black eye was too dark, the silver too metallic. And yet the overall effect was haunting, inhumanly beautiful.

Woven words are little conviction when I present myself as a man of fiction.

It’s such an amazing awakening to realize that nothing in this universe happens TO YOU, 100% happens FOR YOU.

Mountains were made to climb, therefore dont cry when you see one.

Sometimes you have a little problem and you dont fix it and then all of a sudden it aint a littleproblem anymore.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend.

God knows no distance.

The curse of the great is ennui.

Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines.

I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.