Beauty is a fragile gift.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.

If you have a surprise idea, don't let it go! No matter if it's 4 AM, 6 AM or 12 AM, don't let it go! It might have been a great one!

You’ve probably heard it before—if not, you’ve likely experienced it yourself.

Joy is love exalted

I see the world as an illusion, and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.

It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day.

I would be happy living on a massive ranch in Montana and not seeing anyone except my friends and family.

A sewer is a cynic. It tells All.