I hugged him without any kind of fear or self-consciousness, fiercely, with a rush of emotion that almost brought tears to my eyes. I could kiss you! Chubs cried. Please don't! I gasp out, feeling his...

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

Momiji Sohma: Are you sure? Shigure said it hurt really bad. Hatori Sohma: Yes, well, I did that on purpose.

You're awful." He said it as though he was delighted. "And the worst part is that you believe otherwise.

On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. "How could you be so stupid?" I shrug, stung in spite of myself. "I thought I grew out of it." Philip pulls out his key fob and presses the remote to...

I'll put a bullet through my own brain. Let alone wait for Stark to do it. Your sister will drive me to it, Howard. No offense.

No blame, no hate - why no communication?

Olivia handed Cara the bowl of ice cream. You finish it. Life would be so much easier if Malloy would go out onto the plains and let himself be eaten by a bear.

"Your friend Lila is calling from her car phone," Ned said, half amused and half annoyed. "Apparently something earth-shattering has come up, and unless she can talk to you this very second, she...

"Say it, Gregori," she bit out between clenched teeth. "I need to hear you say it."

"To be fair to Monica," I said, "what you did to her wasn't very nice either." "What'd I do to her?" he asked, defensive. "You know, going blind and everything." "But that's not my fault," Isaac said....

"Insults are only really effective," she said, "when the person insulted cares for the good opinion of the insulter."

Seeking advice is a subtle way to invite someone to make a commitment to us.

"Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!"

Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.

"Don't touch me. It makes my skin crawl." {Grace}...

Uncle Norm says, 'Pity is a form of abuse.'

There will be two ships sailing, but you'll be on the Resolution, with Cook himself. Never put yourself in his way. Never speak to him. And if you do speak to him, which you must never do, certainly...

"Do you hear?" Sophie asked dryly. "No," he said, plopping down into the chair next to her, "although my mother is constantly telling me to make myself right at home." She could think of no witty...

Sometimes it happens that people we don't know inspire sudden interest in us when we see them for the first time, even before exchanging a word with them.

C'mon, let's go join those tedious people.

Let's both be good, and truthful, and kind to each other, and let's be happy together and have fun always.

Sometimes I get to know myself through others

The hours we spent in the workshop are hours I will never forget. My feelings, throughout that entire period, oscillated between the purest love and the most unrestrained hatred, faced with the...

Your separateness could kill you unless I take it from you as a sickness.

you used to do that. If you hid your face, you thought we couldn't see you just because you couldn't see us.

He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no.

schmoozes the customers, brings light and warmth to the