“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”

“Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot...

“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my...

“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you...

Magnus, standing by the door, snapped his fingers impatiently. "Move it along, teenagers. The only person who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent...

“Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.”

“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could...

“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.”

“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”

“There are much worse games to play.”

“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”

“Rules for Happiness:<br /> something to do,<br /> someone to love, <br /> something to hope for.”

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if...

“If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”

“But he who dares not grasp the thorn <br /> Should never crave the rose.”

“I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ”