Everyone would fear her again. And love her, of course. Mrs Pincent needed to be loved as much as wanted to be feared-to her they were two sides of the same coin. Both gave her...

The trouble with science geeks, as you call them, is that hey put discovery before anything else. It was a science geek who discovered the atom bomb. He didn’t intend to cause mass murder, but...

All beauty has a dark side. Heaven can’t exist without hell.

She knew that each emotion came and went, knew that she could cope with whatever life threw at her.

Fame, infamy, they’re of the same family.

Secrets were never good. They were supposed to protect people, but they never did. They always made things worse.

He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.

Reality wasn’t as important as people made it out to be; to Jude it was simply the physical state in which he found himself, an environment he had limited control over.

It was his eyes, so challenging and with a piercing look about them. They were eyes that trusted in nothing and they made her uncomfortable around him, self-conscious.

Humans are destructive animals, but they are also wise ones.

You are a leader. It is time to lead. You must inspire, you must plan, you must make the world a better place.

I am just a leaf. Just a leaf falling from the tree so that a new bud may grow.

Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.

Better to find your own way than to blindly trust the words of others, whoever they are.

Forever isn’t important-it’s now that counts. Doing the right thing.

I love you Anna Covey,’ he said, his voice barely audible. And slowly, clumsily, he leant forward, and his lips found hers, and Anna felt him kiss her awkwardly, she knew that she wasn’t a...

You mustn’t let your emotions get the better of you. There is a great deal to be angry about, but anger doesn’t change things.

But sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were.

Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.

I rather enjoy being contradicted. It forces me to think harder.

Curiosity also makes a great student.

Before he’d met Anna, he’d thought he’d known what love was, thought he’d understood about friendship, romance, all o fit, but he hadn’t – not at all. Until he’d held Anna in his arms, until...

There was always an opportunity in crisis, however desperate things seemed.

You will choose your path, or perhaps it will choose you.

Fear made people forget themselves…Fear was a terribly destructive force.

You are on the side of angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all make mistakes; without them we would learn nothing.

More question. You know that curiosity killed the cat?

The only people who fear death are the ones who haven’t lived.

Evolution taught us that adaptation is the key to survival.