There's so much proscription in the lives of young people, and it's so vital to have a place that says, look, here are the doors onto the world and amazingly, you're free to choose any one you like. - Patrick Ness on Libraries.

Money has the power to get, all that you want.Money has the power to make you forget, all that you want.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term.

A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it had never experienced.

...Just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.

It's strange how money seems to silence a neighborhood,' I say quietly. 'On my street, where no one has money, it's so loud. Sirens blaring, people shouting, car doors slamming, stereos thumping. There's always someone, somewhere, making noise.

The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.