“He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.”

“I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire.”

“I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love.”

“I have given my word that only death will take me from you.”

“When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you.”

“I have seen sights and travelled in countries you cannot imagine. I have been afraid and I have been in danger, and I have never for one moment thought that I would throw myself at at a man for his...”

“Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.”

“Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepant...”

“The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything...”

“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.”

“You can be used by someone for their aims when you are not aware of your true being”