You can’t just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.
Why does it have to be like this?′ I asked bitterly. ‘Why does life have to be so short, with all the good things passing quickly. Is it worth living at all?
I can’t be yours forever, Mab,” I told her, the words flying into my mouth as if by magic. “I already belong to someone else. I belong to Alice!
The truth was that we all faced death here. For my part I was somewhat fatalistic – if it happened, then so be it. But I wanted to survive. The future – even without Alice – called to me, and I didn’t want that taken away.
He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It’s part of learning the job.
Even a strong man can succumb to the wiles of a pretty girl with pointy shoes.
Have faith in who you are. Believe that you will recover, and it will truly happen. And don’t judge yourself too harshly. Some things are meant to be, and you had to fall so that later you may rise and become what you are truly meant to be.
I watched the tears run down her cheeks and start to drip from the end of her chin. One part of me wanted to put my arms round her but I daren’t. Do that and I’d never be able to let her go.
The first step towards knowledge is to accept your own ignorance.
Everyone has a price.
Be less than what you are so that you can become more.
The moon shows the truth of things.
You never know just what you can do until you try.
How can you be lonely? You’ve got yourself, haven’t you? If you ever lose yourself, then you’ll really be lonely...
Now it’s the dark’s turn to be afraid.
And mothers are usually quite trustworthy, as long as your their son. Otherwise look out!