A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them...

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.

…I love you, he said to her, although at that point he was certain she could no longer comprehend the words. I’d trade places with you in an instant, Mandy Valems… you never deserved this… why would a...

You will not find love where you wish or where you hope.

Would you prefer it if I'd continued to wear your shirt and banyan?Actually he'd quite liked her wearing his clothes, both because her breasts had been unbuttoned it made something in him very, very c...

When you cultivate a godly thought life your soul will shine and you will exhibit the presence of the Lord in you.

When I was a little older, about twelve, I went to work at a nearby house. It was owned by old Mrs. Cromby and oh, I was so homesick! I cried myself to sleep for a fortnight it seemed, until it was my...

What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of...

We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild,...

Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.

Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan.

Though we were curfew-free- I'd told Mom I was spending the night at Mel's after our double date, and Mel had told Mrs. Warren that she'd be home whenever my happy ass walks through the door- I was ne...

Those with courage and character to speak the truth always seem sinister to the ignorant.- First Chaplain Erebus

They came out in a dim, damp basement - a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. 'You take me to the nicest places,' Claire said, and sneezed.

There was a filmy veil of soft dull mist obscuring, but not hiding, all objects, giving them a lilac hue, for the sun had not yet fully set; a robin was singing ... The leaves were more gorgeous than...

The sea does not belong to tyrants. - Captain Nemo

The most evil institution in the world is the Roman Catholic Church.

The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said Talk, child.Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I nev...

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.