In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . . - Stephen King, The Running Man

It was their secret, a secret meant for just the two of them, and she'd never been able to imagine how it would sound coming from someone else. But, somehow, Logan made it sound just right. - Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One

Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything. - Steve Martin

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. - Epictetus

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room. A song you didn't even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn't even know had a particular smell. I wonder what will someday bring back Dex and our few months together. Maybe the sound of Dido's voice. Maybe the scent of the Aveda shampoo I've been using all summer. - Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all. - Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

You get use to someone—start to like them, even—and they leave. In the end, everyone leaves. - Rachel Ward, Numbers

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old. - George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation. - Andy Weir, The Martian

That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. - Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

One day spent with someone you love can change everything. - Mitch Albom, For One More Day

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation? - Steven Wright

Almost everything strange washes up near Miami. - Rick Riordan

Be a true Heart, not a follower. - Ed Sheeran

When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up. - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

You can read minds, and you didn't tell me?” Link stared at me like he just found out I was the Silver Surfer. He rubbed his head nervously. “Hey, man, all that stuff about Lena? I was yankin’ your chain.” He looked away. “Are you doin’ it now? You're doin’ it, aren't you? Dude, get out of my head.” He backed away from me and into the bookshelf.“I can't read your mind, you idiot. - Kami Garcia, Beautiful Darkness

When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That's why you can't fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and body but not your heart. And that's why, when you really connect with a person's inner self, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant. - Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies

He'd changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short. He look like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college-age villain was wearing to Harvard this year. - Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

Vote for the man who promises least - he'll be the least disappointing.