Better to leave dreams behind and go forward with purpose.

I would destroy the city if something happened to you. I can't even bear the thought of it.

Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.

Beauty is something that is hard to debate. Every man thinks his ideal the best. But the wittiest woman rise to the top of this structure, conventional beauty often taking a back seat to a woman possessed of a clever tongue.

Some people get dealt all the aces in life.

...Go somewhere else. Somewhere safer.” Anywhere else. God, please. Or he was likely to do something horribly awful, like surrender his sanity and kiss her.

Lies from the closest to you are often the most numerous and paralyzing.