What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Captures the reader with true magic.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the fun of teasing girls, just to get noticed

The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

Aphrodite had the beauty Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory, the overthrow of ontologically incipient hegemony, and gum! I have no idea if this book has any of them! But I liked the part about the bunny.

People give up the earth for beauty.

It's not enough to be born free I have to live my freedom!