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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding.
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.
Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence.
Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .
The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.
We never do anything consciously for the last time without sadness of heart.
An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.
It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.
Every book takes you to the terror, that terrible place of possible failure.
Being on a highway, all that speed and aggression, is very terrifying to me.
San Antonio drives me crazy, but Chicago drives me crazy in a different way.
I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.
It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.
So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.
...You can't unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.
Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.
The language of solace, and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.
I've never envied the person who had to put my books together in one script.
Hark," he said, his tone very dry. "What stone through yonder window breaks?
Your timing is amazing," Kami told him. "By which I mean, I am amazed by it.
Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it.
It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.
The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.
The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.
Sanctuary, home of the Howlers and stragglers of the Were universe. (Damien)
Trust no one at your back unless you want them to bury a knife in it.’ (Syn)
By the way, don’t breathe on the upholstery or I may have to gut you. (Nick)
I was nine when I first knew I wanted to be a writer, in particular, a poet.
When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.
Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me
You can never have international peace as long as you have national poverty.
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.
Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella.
I was a vampire, and she had the sweetest blood I’d smelled in eighty years.
I’m just going to do what I want now, and let the chips fall where they may.
You’ve got to have a little more confidence in us than that. It’s insulting.
Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV.
So… um… what’s the, er, date? You know, the due date for the little monster.
His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?
Storytelling was the most honored of all talents, for it benefited everyone.
Whoever's job it was to keep the room clean was clearly not an overachiever.
Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now
You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self.
If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull.