“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.”

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”

“Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.”

“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.”

“Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.”

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”

“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”

“Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?”

“How do you feel, Georgie?”

“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”

“Laters, baby.”

“Don't Panic.”

“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”

“You've got about as much charm as a dead slug.”

“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”

“And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.”

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”

“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”

“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”

“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”

“"What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there. "It's a girl," Jace said, recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one."”

“"The Guide says there is an art to flying," said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."”

“I'd said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.”

“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”

“How did you die?”

“Investigation? Isabelle laughed. Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names.”

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”

“If cats looked like frogs, we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”

“"Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students. "Don't let it worry you," said Ron. "It's me. I'm extremely famous."”

“"Finnick?" I say. "Maybe some pants?"”

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

“Don't talk to me.”

“You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.”

“One of the Silent Brothers is here to see you. Hodge sent me to wake you up. Actually he offered to wake you himself, but since it's 5 a.m., I figured you'd be less cranky if you had something nice to look at.”

“Begin at the beginning, the King said very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.”

“Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.”

“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”

“"Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me."”

“Who said nights were for sleep?”

“No. I can survive well enough on my own if given the proper reading material.”

“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”

“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts, but you cannot deny he's got style.”

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"”

“Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl.”

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”

“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”