Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.

Interesting doesn't always equal practical, but being practical is always less interesting.

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

If you really want to do something, no one can stop you. But if you really don’t want to do something, no one can help you

said Jack matter-of-factly. "I'm a man. We're made to think more quickly." ...Aven swung her fist and clocked Jack square on the chin, knocking him backward into the balloon, which was still under repair. ...Aven rubbed her knuckles and looked at the others. "Sorry about that. I might have stopped myself from hitting him, but I didn't think of it quickly enough.

If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign.

Live deliberately. Decide: are you the kind of person things happen to, or the kind of person who makes things happen?