“Dreamless nights, I knew, can be the most troubling, since you come back not knowing where you've been or what you've done.”

“Growing up is like that, I suppose. The strings fall away and you're left standing on your own.”

“As anybody with two older sisters can tell you, a closed door is like a red rag to a bull. It cannot go unchallenged.”

“I do not encourage early morning chirpiness, even in those whom I know and love. It is generally a sign of a sloppy mind, and is not to be encouraged.”

“You can learn from a glance at anyone's library, not what they are, but what they wish to be.”

“How could I tell Clarence that finding another dead body was anything but dreadful? On the contrary: it was thrilling; it was exciting; it was exhilarating, it was invigorating; to say nothing of e...”

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.”

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

“I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.”

“It's an amazing thing to watch a lizard fold a moth into its mouth, like a sword swallower who specialises in umbrellas.”

“When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.”