But neither of us knows, because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the start that you're going to win it.

The days and nights come apart. I feel them corroding at the seams.

Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of dark corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and remember them.

I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.

The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem will be waiting at the end of the trip- the relative you cringe to kiss.

An eleven-year-old girl is many things, but she is not stupid.