“I barely took a moment to appreciate nature. Come to think of it, theonly time I did it was when I was so upset I wanted to commit suicide in theHuang Pu river.”

“She doesn't need your money. Even a penniless fool like you can make her fall in love with you. That's just miracle.”

“If this constant bitter disappointment was love, then I was perfectly fine not to have anything to do with it.”

“While I still did not know what self- actualization that sat on the top level of the pyramid meant, I could believethat if I knew I would be able to say something positive about it as well inmy life.”

“He advised that I could invest in stocks to make money. Given that I have a negative balance, that was where the conversation stopped.”

“Happiness in a family really revolves around how much money I have in my disposal.”

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

“Well?" Ron said finally, looking up at Harry. "How was it?"Harry considered it for a moment. "Wet," he said truthfully.Ron made a noise that might have indicated jubilation or disgust, it was hard ...”

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each others personalities. Who wouldnt? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But thats not the clever trick. The ...”

“Even that exquisite hunger he aroused at her, fiercely sweet as it might be, posed a threat to her sanity.”

“Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is.”

“It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.”

“I picture it like Judgement Day,' he says finally, his eyes on the water. 'We'll rise up out of our bodies and find each other again in spirit form. We'll meet in that new place, all of us together...”

“There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.”

“[B]ecause the minimum costs of being an organization in the first place are relatively high, certain activities may have some value but not enough to make them worth pursuing in any organized way. ...”