"People who claim they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of. "
— Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)

"In the lives of children, pumpkins turn into coaches, mice and rats turn into men. When we grow up, we realize it is far more common for men to turn into rats."
— Gregory Maguire (Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister)

"Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand."
— Dan Brown (Angels & Demons)

"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."
— Yann Martel (Life of Pi)