- Boys my age are boring. They have nothing to say and half of them seem like complete idiots.I was going to say that they didn't improve with age but didn't want to spoil her illusions.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.

If you want to be happy think about tomorrow but not the day after tomorrow.

That which you manifest is before you.The visible becomes inevitable. Your car goes where your eyes go.

MacMillian groaned again, and sat up. "Clients?""Yeah. You know, people who'll give us money in exchange for work.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.

I always need your strength,Alec

We are all impacted by the failings of a news media that almost always chooses which stories to cover according to the priorities and perspectives of white men with private educations.

When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath and come back to here and now.

Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something.

When your world is in pieces, you can choose to see it as crumbling or building. Your attitude, resilience and determination mark the difference.