There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.

Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis.

3) Saturday night is the official meeting night of Penny Lane’s Lonely Hearts Club. Attendance is mandatory. Exceptions are for family emergencies and bad hair days only.

Winter and spring blended together this year like ice in water, and I was left thirsting for love. I’d better lay off the saltine crackers.

Fortunately the essence of this revelation did not escape Mary despite the angel’s obscure speech, and, much surprised, she asked him, So Jesus is my son and the son of the Lord, Woman, what are...

Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!

Emma: You can demand that Pettibone retain my services, but you cannot make similar demands of the parents of the students. They will not entrust the education of their daughters to a woman who has...

,Y qué crees tú que ha hecho?-no me importa lo que haya hecho, y a ti tampoco debería importarte. Vamos. Volvamos con Aria. Va por ahí.-Ya sé por donde ha ido.Rugido le dio una palmada...

I never saw a dollar bill cry at anyone’s funeral.

Woman, I could drown in your love, but I’d much rather be strangled. More passionate, don’t you agree?

You have hair prettier than one of Astaad’s concubines.” Ransom gave the vampire the finger. Venom grinned.

I think I remember what love was like before. There were complex emotional and biological factors. We had elaborate tests to pass, connections to forge, ups and downs and tears and whirlwinds. It was an...

I walked back into the bedroom and, after all that, I actually was surprised. She lay on the bed, her hands nonchalantly behind her head, with the banana between her legs. Only half of it...

It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?

I wish I could plug my electronics into a lake and have them powered by lightning. Or better yet—why can’t my love be used to light up the whole world?

Twitteren is eigenlijk zoals vissen. Een tweet is een vislijn met aas. En dan moet je wachten tot iemand toehapt. Soms lang, soms kort.

Your timing sucks on an epic level,” Daemon shot back.

A brick could be used to stop time. I did it once at my uncle’s house, and I nearly wrecked the universe. He wanted to spank me, but decided not to, because he was afraid...

That bitch fate had a nasty sense of humor.

Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.

The trees at Cloudwalk have been my friends for forty years. I’m sure if I were sawed in half, our rings would match.

Two butterflies in two socks could walk faster than I can run. A love song will jog your memory like I jog like Roger Bannister in a wheelchair.

He gave her a sly, sideways look. “Did youbring it?””My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?”His smile widened. “I brought mine.”Daphne gasped. “You didn’t!””I did. Just to torture Mother. I’m going peruse it...

A brick could be used to sell war to the peacemongers. The trick is to sell war cheap, because the real profit is in the renewals and extending the service as long as possible.

Just remember, we’re all in this alone.

I suppose the fundamental distinction between Shakespeare and myself is one of treatment. We get our effects differently. Take the familiar farcical situation of someone who suddenly discovers that something unpleasant is standing behind them....

People who didn’t need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn’t need people.

If I could have money for any amount of time, I’d take 12:59.

I want to do something spontaneous, like combust.

Perriwickturned to Penelope as he set the tray down on a table. “If I might be so bold, my lady-“”Perriwick!” Blake roared. “If I hear the phrase ‘if I might be so bold’ one more...

He was obviously on the wrong side of crazy.

Love is nothing because those who do something for the love of it do it for nothing.

Life is meaning less when you realized that you are about to die. Till then, everything negative however trifle they may be, depress you.

At the Temple of the Seven-Handed Sek a hasty convocation of priests and ritual heart-transplant artisans agreed that the hundred-span-high statue of Sek was altogether too holy to be made into a magic picture, but...

There’s bacon in my bed. Extra crispy, like the fresh dollar bills stuffed in the mattress. I make love like I make sure I’m prepared for the next financial crisis.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.”(Letter to Cynthia Asquith, November 1913)

Hey, Melissa-is there anything I should know about having this kid that isn’t in the books I’ve been reading?”Sunlight streamed through the window, making the golden, hormone-induced mutton chops glisten upon my cheeks. As I...

A brick could be translated into Spanish, and then used to landscape a lawn.

And there it is! Bravo! I knew it was only a matter of time before Byron realized he had an audience. That man is simply incapable of keeping his shirt on when there are spectators....

If you want to change the world, just change yourself. The world needs traitors.

The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see...

Buy one I love you for $3.99. Buy twelve for $48.00. That’s a savings of twelve cents—directly into my bank account. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Objects not intended for individuals who tend to put forever objects in...

A blanket could be used at the end of meetings, to wrap things up—sort of like a big office burrito of productivity.

It was like being owned.”Some women like that.”Not me.”Perhaps it depends on the man doing the owning.”I doubt it. I couldn’t breathe with him kissing me.”One day you may kiss a man you can’t breathe...

Laughter is the stubborn reward of grim times.

Don’t make me come down there. – God

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.

Marriage is the legal method devised to end love without pain.

There’s a hurricane coming to Florida, and there will be high winds. I should probably turn off my ceiling fans, to try to mitigate the billions of dollars in damages the storm will incur.

If you’re at the bar trying to pick up women, remember: bend at the knees.