You can help me pick out a tiara when we're done saving the world.

Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate. Maybe it's just the opportunities we're given and what we do with them.

...although I wonder whether it wouldn't be more accurate to say, 'Once given, I can never be taken back.'""That would imply we give our hearts away willingly, and I am not sure that is the case.

This dress won't fit without a twenty-two-inch waist, although just once I'd like to see you down to twenty.

He spread his arms wide, as if he could embrace the city below. "There are so many things to marvel at. How could anyone want to hurt it? How can people wake up every morning and not think -- The sun is still there! And I'm still here! This is incredible!

I must warn you, my dearest Catherine, that such an endeavour to capture attention could lead to lifelong arrogance and vanity. It is much wiser to let your inner beauty shine through a drab gown than to attempt to conceal it with physical accoutrements.