But new love only lasts so long, and then you crash back into the real people you are, and from as high as we were, it's a very long fall, and we hit the ground with a thud.

Can we screw the 'sorry' part and let me hit you back instead?Vishous to Butch

Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.

Do I dazzle you?

Do you promise? He demanded again.I can't let you go, Alek. She said softly.You...what?

All Daenerys wanted back was the big house with the red door, the lemon tree outside her window, the childhood she had never known.

And in his eyes he had the look of the cat who inspires a desire to caress but loves no one, who never feels he must respond to the impulses he arouses.

As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!

My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.

As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scop...

As she grew older, Maddy discovered that she had disappointed almost everyone. An awkward girl with a sullen mouth, a curtain of hair, and a tendency to slouch, she had neither Mae's sweet nature nor...

Ask us no questions and we’ll tell you no lies.

At this stage of the game, I don’t have the time for patience and tolerance. Ten years ago, even five years ago, I would have listened to people ask their questions, explained to them, mollified them....

That

A closed-ended question, however, is one which could be answered with a one-word answer or a simple yes or no. It can bring a dynamic dialogue to an awkward halt or stalemate. You can easily flip the...

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't overeat.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Beware the hobby that eats.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.