It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

in my opinion if you have a secret compartment in your lute case and don't use it to hide things, there is something terribly, terribly wrong with you.

Someone's parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.

A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.

Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets.

To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship. It was more like the two of us entered into a business partnership in order to more efficiently pursue our mutual interest of hating each other.

Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain.