"There is no Them. There are only facets of Us."
— John Green

"It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."
— Terry Pratchett (Jingo)

"Prince Ronald said, Elizabeth, your hair is all dirty. You are wearing an ugly paper bag. You don't have any shoes on and you smell like a dragon's ear. Come back and rescue me when you're dressed like a real princess.

Elizabeth said, Ronald, your hair is all nice. Your clothes are all pretty. You look like a nice guy, but guess what? You are a bum.

They didn't get married after all."
— Robert Munsch (The Paper Bag Princess)

"The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead."
— Maurice Sendak

"When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure."
— Aaron McGruder (Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read The Newspaper)