"What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should do. You do the best you can."

“Control the things you can control .”

“God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.”

“Oh, no-" They weren't even on the runway, and Jonah's father was already immersed in his BlackBerry. "Remember those 'Live Large with the Wiz Generation' posters? Well, guess how that translates into Chinese- 'Jonah Wizard Makes Your Ancestors Fat'.”

Source : Gordon Korman (2010). “The Emperor's Code”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

“Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.”

“Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.”

“Enthusiasm is the engine of success..”

“Anthony came in and played well. We know that both of our quarterback have the ability to play well so we just have some things we need to improve on as the weeks go on.”

“There are moments that define a person's whole life. MOMENTS in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become hinge on a single decision.”

Source : Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.233, Simon and Schuster