I swear, I almost died back there on that ship, you know." He let her hand go, but he was staring at her, almost as if he meant to memorize her face. " I know," he said. "everytime you almost die, I almost die myself.

We live forever by the grace of human love, which rocked strange children in their cradles and did not despair and did not turn away.

Then I lost him for a brief period of time, and by the time I caught up with him, he had wandered into Hyde Park, waded into the Serpetine, spread his arms wide, and was shouting, 'Ducks, embrace me as your king!

When somebody tells you there's something wrong with your book they're almost always right, when they tell you how to fix it they're almost always wrong.

with his customary crooked smile, “are just too unlikely to dwell upon.

Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!

Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)