Why do you eat your own heart? Because, O King, it is bitter, and because it is my heart.
Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.
If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me.
It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.
Do you know what it’s like to kill a man? You just pushed a knife into living, moving skin and you realize you pierced a heart that beats against your sharp knife. -Lucas Tyrel
Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue.
It was a wonderful being, Sarah. Capable of great good, and great evil. Yes, I think you could say it was human.
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.
All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one.
I said breathe. Not do a fish-out of-water imitation.
It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.
His imagination was always more real than the reality of daily life.
He means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.
your handwriting. the way you walk. which china pattern you choose. it's all giving you away. everything you do shows your hand. everything is a self portrait. everything is a diary.
All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.
Det var tomt i kiosken. Kan en disk satt en tjukk olding av en dame. Far hadde gitt meg en femtilapp. Feriepenger kalte han det. Det blir ikke mye ferie for femti kroner - Dronningen av Arne Berggren
Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.
Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.
[When asked about Writing Conferences] "You meet people that will change your life.
When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps.
