Brian Jacques

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others.

Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

Defend the weak, protect both young and old, never desert your friends. Give justice to all, be fearless in battle and always ready to defend the right.

You will find joy, frustration and sorrow in your quest. Never forget that friendship and loyalty are more precious than riches...Happiness can be brief, but it knows no time in the land of dreams.”

Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.

ometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.

Charlaine Harris

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.

If there were an international butt competition, Eric would win, hands down—or cheeks up.

It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal

My bullshit meter is reading that as 'false'

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

Sometimes the bitch wins.

Some might think you suicidal.
"Well, 'some' can stick it up their ass.

Anne McCaffrey

Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.

A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day

There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty.

Eoin Colfer

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.

If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose, then I'm crazy. That's the way history is written.

If you were me, then I'd be you, and if I were you, then I'd hide somewhere far away.

Trust me. I'm a genius.

Foaly: Anyone see you come in here?
Holly: The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, MI6. Oh, and the EIB.
Foaly: The EIB?
Holly: (smirking) Everyone in the building.

No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on.

Good. Illegal is always faster.

Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.

Rick Riordan

With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
"Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
"Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.

Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.

Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.

Terry Brooks

Who would you be but who you are?

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger. Travel too far that road and the way is lost.

We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.

It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.

When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.

Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.

Evil contained is not evil destroyed.

Beverly Cleary

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.

Quite often somebody will say, 'What year do your books take place?' and the only answer I can give is, in childhood.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.

Words were so puzzling. Present should mean a present just as attack should mean to stick tacks in people.

Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona.

Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.

Veronica Roth

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up.

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.

Ann M. Martin

I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?

I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know.

For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.

You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.

I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves.

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another.

Fight your battles with words, not fist.

It was the kind of terrified look that reminds you that no matter how rational or grown up a person might seem, some part of him is absolutely sure - knows - that an evil other-world exists just outside of our regular, everyday world. And that although we don't expect that world to collide with our calm, predictable one...well, really, at any moment that is exactly what might happen.

Richard Nelson Bolles

The object is to keep busy being something...as opposed to doing something. We are all sent here to bring more gratitude, more kindness, more forgiveness and more love into this world. That is too big a job to be accomplished by just a few.

There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone--many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long. Not for nothing is their motto TGIF -- 'Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do.

Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favorite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job-title.

We want to find that special joy, “that no one can take from us,” which comes from having a sense of Mission in our life.

So many times you will see people wringing their hands and saying 'I want to know what my mission in life is,' all the while they are cutting people off on the highway, refusing to give time to people, punishing their mate for having hurt their feelings or lying about what they did.

Self-introspection is the way to improve any company, any marriage, any nation. And any job-hunt.