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Though very poor, may still be very blest.
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.
A great novel is worth one thousand films.
Excess always carries its own retribution.
Tea is balm for the soul, don't you agree?
Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.
You decide for yourself when it will hurt.
One man’s nonsense is another man’s sense.
I feel cool when I say I live in Brooklyn.
This world is painted on a wild dark metal
It's not what happened but how it is told.
How undisturbed, the sleep of the foolish.
I would never lie to anyone about history.
All reading for pleasure is entertainment.
If you liked a book, don't meet the author
I do not come out of a literary tradition.
Reading is the last act of secular prayer.
The spirit of delight comes in small ways.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards
You can kill the body, but not the spirit.
It is better to be a fool than to be dead.
Better be killed than frightened to death.
The ideal companion in bed is a good book.
You are confusing plumbing and love again.
The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads.
You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
To restore silence is the role of objects.
I try. I fail. I try again. I fail better.
I barely knew I had skin before I met you.
Inhale and hold the evening in your lungs.
Amen' is like the Send button on an email.
I enjoy being influenced by other writers.
I haven't been part of the criminal world.
Never, dear gods. Never mess with mortals.
Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.
I love anything to do with serial killers.
I want to see your tattoos." "You do, huh?
Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?
I believe in the compelling power of love.
The defective can be more than the entire.
What is uttered is finished and done with.
But this too is true: stories can save us.
Imagination, like reality, has its limits.
The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.
Surviving is much more painful than death.
Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.