Knowledge is a great gift, and the thirst to seek it even greater. Use what you know...Head and heart...You are not made to give greater weight to one than the other.

Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.

Something your father wouldn't have told you, he began. Taking blood, it leaves a mark on you. No matter how it's done, or how it's justified, it leaves a mark that goes in deep. Be sure you're willing to wear that mark before you take the blood.

I think I've just lost five pounds in fear sweat." Peabody mopped at her face. "Now I want a cannoli. I don't know why." With a laugh, Roarke shifted to grin at her. "I'll buy you a dozen, precious." "Cannolis, for God's sake.

Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. You’re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.

Why would I kill someone I don't know, when I know so many people who irritate me, and havent't killed any of them?

It was best not to think, not to analyze. It was best to accept and act.