"At the violet hour, when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a taxi throbbing waiting I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives."

“When you let go of the egoic self what you're getting in exchange is the whole universe.”

“And speaking of females, if I call you by one's name while my fangs are plunged deep in your neck, just run with it.”

Source : Kresley Cole (2011). “Dreams of a Dark Warrior”, p.337, Simon and Schuster

“Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I'm sure of this; I've always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well.”

“Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.”

Source : "Mariamne: A Tragedy" by Elijah Fenton, (Act IV, Scene V, p. 46), 1723.

“The ability to forget a sorrow is childhood's most enchanting feature.”

Source : Phyllis McGinley (1965). “Sixpence in Her Shoe”

“Listen. This will probably be the worst pain you have ever experienced in your life. Everything in your body will tell you to let go, but you have to hold on. You have to hold on, Maddy, no matter what. No matter how badly it hurts. You can never, never let go. Can you do that for me?”

“As sculptors chip away the stone in order to find the statue, writers chip away extraneous verbiage so readers can see the shape of an idea clearly. My gift is to see through the confusion, to bring order and simplicity to a story.”

“Illiada by Homer is one of the great stories in literature. And I thought its themes really resonated today, whether that was my projection or Homer's intentions. It didn't seem like we had come very far.”