Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
It is high time that we had lights that are not incendiary torches.
You see what stupid folk my publishers are; but they are all alike.
I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues.
Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint.
The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.
There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread
I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family.
What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world.
Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined.
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.
Love is precisely to the moral nature what the sun is to the earth.
A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.
Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.
[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room.
Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced.
Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.
No emergency was ever dealt with effectively by democratic process.
Some men were handsome. Some were powerful. Curran was...dangerous.
Living in your dreams meant bitter disappointment when you woke up.
Just stay close to us. If we get in trouble, we'll kill everything.
An evil spark flared in his eyes. "Trade: raccoon for some answers.
What kind of woman greets the Beast Lord with 'here, kitty, kitty'?
Half-man, half-beast, all nightmare. The shapeshifter warrior form.
One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.
An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
When I was quite young my parents never said books were off limits.
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, And treat them just the same.
You'd think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls.
Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.
The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength
He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.
... there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.
I gave my hero a talent I'd love to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?
If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.
I don't drive. No. Cars terrify me. I am really frightened of cars.
I’m serious about you, Avery. If you want me for real, you have me.
I wish to be naked before you," she commanded. "Make it so, Manuel.
The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.