All stories are true. But some of them never happened.

I think that nonexistent mythological creature just broke some of your toes," Jack said. Oh, shut up," said Charles

I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.

Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the most at that moment.

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.

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

Our weaknesses are always evident, both to ourselves and others. But our strengths are hidden until we choose to reveal them--and that is when we are truly tested. When all that we have within is exposed, and we may no longer blame our inadequacies for our failure, but must instead depend upon our strengths to succeed ... that is when the measure of a man is taken, my boy.