Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.

Does it make you feel big to make a little boy cry?

The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.

Richard opened his hand, and the key stared up at him from his palm. "By my crooked teeth," asked Richard, remembering, "who am I?

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.

They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.