“those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.”

“I love you, I thought. But I didnt say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one that she wont say it back.”

“It hurts too much so I don't want to talk about it.”

“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- the...”

“Just because something is beautiful doesnt mean its good.”

“You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most...you are beastly.”

“If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.”

“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. ...”

“Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.”