“Do I dare<br /> Disturb the universe?<br /> In a minute there is time<br /> For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.”

“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”

“God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.”

“When I saw you fall..."<br /> "You thought, 'Wow, she's a loser.”

“Come sleep with me: We won't make Love,Love will make us.

“You're mine, Angel," he murmured, brushing the words across my jawbone as I arched my neck higher, inviting him to kiss everywhere. "You have me forever.”

“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our...

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),<br /> It's always our self we find in the sea.”

“I don't like ass kissers, flag wavers or team players. I like people who buck the system. Individualists. I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to...

“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled...

“Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising.”

“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”

“Don't criticize what you can't understand.”

“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”

“Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense.

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”

“I like to call in sick to work at places where I’ve never held a job. Then when the manager tells me I don’t work there, I tell them I’d like to. But not today, as I’m sick.”

“I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.”

“An ordinary beginning, something that would have been forgotten had it been anyone but her. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd...