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- I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- Though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune!
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinkin', then you ain't makin' the choice. The choice is makin' you.
- Mark Steven Johnson, Ghostrider, 2007
- Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time rich and cash poor.
- Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, 2008
- This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.
- Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, 2008
- Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal.
- Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, 2008
- When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.
- Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, The Real Me, 2001
- The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
- Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City
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