Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.

Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to you.

I will not go on, I thought. I won't. I will throw my soul to the wind and blow into a thousand pieces. I will wash up on a shore somewhere like bleached and broken driftwood. I will dry out in the sun until I-and any gift I ever had-shrivel into the sand.

You can always tell how a man will treat his wife by the way he treats his mother.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.