"You can kill a book quicker by your silence than by a bad review."

"Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in theworld. It's like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens."

"There was one new metallic monstrosity stacked in one corner that she hadn't seen the last time she was a visitor to his strange chamber, it appeared to be a mass of hard drives all fused together, but they looked too sophisticated to be merely hard drives."What on earth is that? "That's my Kung Fu, he said proudly, patting the top of the futuristic-looking stack."Is that what you wanted to show me?"No, but it's impressive, isn't it?"If you say so.Steves sighed and shook his head, so few people could appreciate the intellectual complexity of an almost untraceable hacking device."

"Food is not simply organic fuel to keep body and soul together, it is a perishable art that must be savoured at the peak of perfection."

"The reader is probably wondering that if Tolkien did indeed fashion two of his heroic characters from Catholic prophecies, what about the evil protagonists? Were any of them inspired by these little-known revelations concerning future times? The answer is yes, but to discover the links between the myth and the prophecies, we must venture not only into the realm of unnerving revelations, but also into the murky world of secret sects, dark plots, occult signs, bloody revolutions and conspiracy theories ~ we must probe deep into the burning Eye of Sauron."

"Pity that child who was born near Rouen,His only crime, to arrive deformed."

"The show must go on, and so must The Book."

"Come on let's see the degree. Katherine unrolled her scroll displaying a long declaration in Latin affixed with a red seal proclaiming her a Master of Art. "Imagine working for years to obtain a piece of paper we can hardly read Katherine joked. "And to officially declare you have talent Suzy returned."

"I detect the activist returning with a vengence."

"Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is asculptor.Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they haveno need to be reminded.Plato: That is correct.Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders."

"If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power."

"Yet, beauty cannot be forgotten,Eternal Wisdom can never die ..."

"If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?"

"A true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear."

"Music helps to forgetThis forsaken tomb,That is my abodeCellars downFar belowUnder the ground, ..."

"You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche."

"Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation."

"True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers,But found in the soul within."

"You mean something like 'truth or dare'? I haven't played that in a long time. She didn't think he would ever get himself entangled in a game like that, but it was addictive, a compromising icebreaker featuring all the strategy of Poker, minus the cards, mixed with a dash of danger from Russian Roulette, without the revolver."

"Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought."

"Have they known scorn like youFive cellars down?"

"Love is supposed to be based on trust, and trust on love, it's something rare and beautiful when people can confide in each other without fearing what the other person will think."

"If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be."

"It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person's life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle."

"No one messes around with a nerd's computer and escapes unscathed."

"When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith...."

"You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry."

"The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~ if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again. Don't whine when things are not going your way, because they are going the right way for The Book, which is more important. The show must go on, and so must The Book."

"Have you ever felt you were born in the wrong decade, or came just a bit too late and missed out on all the good stuff when it was in its heyday?"

"An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear."

"I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick."

"That s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale."

"Heaven is not a republic."

"Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless."

"While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain things now made perfect sense; Moon River didn't sound so syrupy, mistletoe wasn't such a bad idea, and perhaps dating was not such a frivolous waste of time after all."

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"It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense."

"The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has..."

"You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision."

"No more can this Angel teach her,Yet, this guiding wing shall not forsake ..."

"Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you."

"Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book."

"If you want to keep people happy, just keep the food and entertainment rolling."

"He offered his love ... she could not bother,She gives her love to the other! The other!"

"It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations."

"There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all."

"You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting."

"Love, like Fortune, favours the bold."

"Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don't know you're having one until you're right in the middle of it."

"If on thoughts of death we are fed,Thus, a coffin, became my bed."