We're all so damned fragile.

Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. "Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!" he shouted, pointing at Doroga. "He followed me home! Can we keep him?

The mad rarely know that they are mad. It's the rest of the world, I think, that seems insane to them.

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

People have far more power than they realize, if they would only choose to use it.

The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go.