Use all this life to make yourself a great writer, thoughtful and kind, slowly, surely over the years.

Actually, watching television and surfing the Internet are really excellent practice for being dead.

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. – Mr. Knightley

Gut instinct,” Jeremy wheezed. “Your gut’s been shot,” Mike pointed out, but he looked uncertain.

As I believe—I am, I can, I know.

Assholes are like weeds, a bitch to get rid of and when you do another one grows back in its place.

Use your strength, but always remember that any strengthmay become a weakness.

I waited for my thighs and butt to uncramp. Of course, they didn’t know the loosening rule. They were screaming things like *Are you crazy? Do you know we’re thirty-five years old? Sit down and...

You think that it’s not magic that keeps you alive? Just ‘cause you understand the mechanics of how something works, doesn’t make it any less of a miracle. Which is just another word for magic....

… because one kingdom goes to war with another, it does not mean all citizens of that kingdom agree with it. It is not always they have a choice.

‎They are angry with me, because I know what I am.” Said the little eagle. “How do you know that they are angry with you?” “Because, they despise me for wanting to soar, they only...

Brains will always conquer brawn, in the end. The soldiers can flex their muscles all they want, but the well-thought-out tactics of the generals are what win the war.

Those moments should be the ones you etch into your mind and think about – not the ones where things were bad or didn’t go the way you thought they should. The only moments that...

Time vanquishes even the strongest of strongholds.

Of all the hardships and deprivations a people can suffer, I am not sure if the deprivations of art and culture are not the most devastating. As meat and rice are food for the body,...