Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

Death is the destiny of every man. Why do people fight over power and material wealth.We brought nothing into the world, certainly, we will take nothing out of the world.

I think patriotism is never racism.

Every concept should have a beginning, middle and end.

I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe and find my own Clark Gable.

Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.

A man's intelligence does not increase as he acquires power. What does increase is the difficulty of telling him so.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

It’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one!

The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.