Words worth keeping

And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.

My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.

Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.

Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.