Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be truly glorious by the time my tenure ends.

I was Amazement--I was Desire--I was Ecstasy and Rapture and the slightest bit of Greed.

For the world slows and the stars falter, and all that remains is you.

Your wedding completely changes the direction of your life, you know, no matter how greatly you desire it. I think that moment of doubt and faintness comes from all those imagined and now impossible futures all pressing in on you at once. It is your last chance to experience them, you see, and they all want to be lived at that moment.

If mankind's greatest achievement is to produce more spaces for mankind to live in, I do not think I am so impressed.

she had something I could not have, and so I resented her—but I realized the fault was mine and not hers.

It is very easy to shun someone who is deliberately cruel, and everyone loathes a man who is brutal and vicious. Such people have a hard time winning followers. But an individual who is gracious, who is attractive, who smiles and flatters and praises - that is a person who can lead whole nations to disaster. Who would not want to follow such a man or woman? Everyone is drawn to beauty and wit.