I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

I like to know what I'm celebrating before I put on a party hat.

bitter is a bad way to live!

Fail big if you have to, but go down trying.

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

I wish, peevishly, that he didn't know anything about how soldiers sleep, how they protect their fellow soldiers. It would be nicer if I could share the cloaks warmth with him, if we could lie with our faces together, whispering into the night.