Assassination is almost always unthinkable to moral, thinking men until after a holocaust has come and gone.
Monster only had the power that you gave them
Beautiful is dangerous.
(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)
That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!
You don’t just go to somebody and say, ‘I’m a better person because you’re in my head.
The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.
I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates.
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.
People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.
What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?