It’s the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

Alzheimer’s is the cleverest thief, because she not only steals from you, but she steals the very thing you need to remember what’s been stolen.

The most holy cannibalism you can perform is to eat the flesh and blood of sagacity, and by sharing it with other wisdom thirsty cannibals.

Piety /pi•e•ty/ (modern definition)1. When you use Christ’s teachings to put someone in their place out of anger and self-righteousness. It is the number two reason people leave the faith. The first is pride.

My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

There Are Two Typos Of People In This World: Those Who Can Edit And Those Who Can’t

You write poetry?” Klaus asked.He had read a lot about poets but had never met one.”Just a little bit,” Isadora said modestly. “I write poems down in this notebook. It’s an interest of mine.””Sappho!” Sunny...

Graham’s life is as tense as an overstretched simile.

I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don’t laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.

People tell me I look like my father. I’ve never seen my dad, so does that mean I look invisible?

Desperation is the father of ingenuity.

Education …it is a worldwide concept which lead to creation of MANY educated people but FEW intellectuals.

T.V. – If Kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they’ll have with twenty six.

Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why earth is ruled by men and not by animals.

His stories were not always new, but there was in the telling of them a special kind of magic. His voice could roll like thunder or hush down into a zepherlike whisper. He could imitate...

I had a dream about you. We were standing next to each other, and a stranger asked for the time. My watch said 3:32, and yours said 3:33. I got concerned because somewhere I’d lost...

I don’t kind of like to be kind and like you—I love to be kind and love you.

A wise man can say a foolish thing at any time, anywhere, and to anybody.

There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn’t realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

I left a jar in the doorway to leave the door ajar, but love never walked in.

Sometimes I feel like the tenth dentist in the 9 out of 10 dentists surveys.

We don’t need to take off our pants and stand naked in the snow to experience the harshness of life; a clever person even can feel it with a bottle of wine.

This is what is called speaking. I believe that is the term. When words come out, fly into the air, live for a moment, and die. Strange, is it not? I myself have no opinion....

God is clever, but not dishonest.

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.

The door handle turned. Someone knocked, and a man’s voice called, “Uh, hello?”Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery, looked back at the others, looked at Skulduggery again.”Hello,” Skulduggery said, speaking loudly to be heard over the alarm....

Lord Varyls, I am growing strangely fond of you. I may kill you yet, but I think I’d feel sad about it.

Too clever is dumb.

He can see what move I’m planning to make in chess and counters before I can do it. He always knows who the killer is in a detective story. I think he could make a...