“What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.”

“In jest, there is truth.”

“The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.”

“A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, Goethe said; a correct answer, Gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face.”

“We would do absolutely nothing. Now that's a blunt, truthful answer.”

“If I thought my answer were to one
who would ever return to the world,
this flame should stay without another movement; but since none
ever returned alive from this depth, if what I hear is true,
I answer thee without fear of infamy.”

“Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”

“The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.”

“What happens in the demon realms stays in the demon realms,” said Jace.”

“Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.”