Metamorphosis is the most profound of all acts.

She is so stubborn, her heart has an argument with her head every time it wants to beat.

Don’t worry,” Marya whispered, kissing his forehead. “My old bones will follow yours soon enough.

Everybody's strange everywhere. Most of the trick of being a social animal is pretending you're not. But who do you fool? Nobody worth talking to.

Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.

It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to turn into a person. They run around saying no all day, throwing their aliveness at everything to see what it'll stick to. You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.